document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1122522>Question 1122522</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> a basketball team scored 5 runs in a game which was four more than 1/2 the runs scored by the opposing team. write a function that models this situation. I need help with this problem. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "I didn't know basketball teams could score runs.......<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "The unknown is the number of runs scored by the other team, so call that number x.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "Then the problem says that 5 is 4 more than 1/2 of x.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "Translate that directly into algebraic notation:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "\"more than...\" implies addition;<BR>\n" );
document.write( "\"1/2 of...\" means multiplication;<BR>\n" );
document.write( "the word \"is\" is the equals sign.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "Note further that \"3 more than 7\" should be interpreted as 7+3 instead of 3+7.  While the two expressions 7+3 and 3+7 have the same value, the phrase \"3 more than 7\" suggests that you are starting with the 7 and adding the 3.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "The distinction becomes important when the phrase is \"3 less than 7\".  Beginning algebra students want to translate that word for word and get \"3-7\".  However, clearly the meaning is that you are starting with the 7 and subtracting the 3; so the correct expression is \"7-3\". </SPAN>\n" );
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