To find: The required number of field goals made
Answer to Problem 11PPS
The required number of field goals made in 2006 was 230.
Explanation of Solution
Given:
The number of field goals made in 2007 is 37 more than she did in 2006.
The total field goals are 497.
Calculation:
Let the number of field goals made in 2006 is x .
The number of field goals made in 2007 is 37 more than she did in 2006.
So, the number of field goals made in 2007 is x +37,
The total field goals are 497.
The obtained equation is as follows:
x +x + 37=497
The objective of the problem is to find the number of field goals she did in 2006, that is, the value of x.
Solve the equation for x
Hence, the required number of field goals made in 2006 was 230.
Conclusion:
Hence, the required number of field goals made in 2006 was 230.
Chapter 4 Solutions
Pre-Algebra, Student Edition
Additional Math Textbook Solutions
College Algebra
College Algebra
College Algebra (7th Edition)
Linear Algebra and Its Applications (5th Edition)
Elementary Algebra
- Algebra and Trigonometry (6th Edition)AlgebraISBN:9780134463216Author:Robert F. BlitzerPublisher:PEARSONContemporary Abstract AlgebraAlgebraISBN:9781305657960Author:Joseph GallianPublisher:Cengage LearningLinear Algebra: A Modern IntroductionAlgebraISBN:9781285463247Author:David PoolePublisher:Cengage Learning
- Algebra And Trigonometry (11th Edition)AlgebraISBN:9780135163078Author:Michael SullivanPublisher:PEARSONIntroduction to Linear Algebra, Fifth EditionAlgebraISBN:9780980232776Author:Gilbert StrangPublisher:Wellesley-Cambridge PressCollege Algebra (Collegiate Math)AlgebraISBN:9780077836344Author:Julie Miller, Donna GerkenPublisher:McGraw-Hill Education