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Question 1190354: Donella has scored 94 points in the last six basketball games. If she ears two points per basket, how many baskets must she shoot in the next six games for her average points per game to be greater than 16? Found 2 solutions by greenestamps, ikleyn:Answer by greenestamps(13198) (Show Source):
Since the answer to the problem is a number of baskets, I would work the problem in terms of number of baskets rather than number of points.
Currently she has 94/2=47 baskets in 6 games.
She wants an average of at least 16/2=8 baskets per game after the next 6 games -- i.e., after a total of 12 games. That means 12*8=96 baskets in the 12 games.
Let x be the number of baskets she shoots in the next 6 games (which is the number the question asks for). Then
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Donella has scored 94 points in the last six basketball games.
If she ears two points per basket, how many baskets must she shoot in the next six games
for her average points per game to be greater than 16?
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Let "b" be the number of baskets, which is under the problem's question.
Then the future number of points will be (94+2b), and she wants
> 16.
Simplify this inequality and find the solution
> 16
94 + 2b > 12*16 = 192
2b > 192 - 94
2b > 98
b > 98/2 = 49.
ANSWER. b > 49, which means that in the next six games she must shot at least 50 baskets.
