Annette’s soccer team will play 15 games this season. That is 7 games fewer than 2 times the number of games they played last season. How many games did they play last season?Represent this problem with an equation in the form px + q = r
Let's represent the number of games they played last season as "x".
According to the problem, Annette's soccer team will play 15 games this season.
So, 2 times the number of games they played last season is 2x.
And it is given that this is 7 games fewer than the number of games they will play this season.
So, we can represent this as the equation:
2x - 7 = 15
To represent this problem with an equation in the form px + q = r, let's assign variables to the given information.
Let's say the number of games they played last season is "n".
According to the problem, Annette's soccer team will play 15 games this season. That is 7 games fewer than 2 times the number of games they played last season.
Now let's break down the problem and write the equation:
"2 times the number of games they played last season" can be written as 2n.
"7 games fewer than 2 times the number of games they played last season" can be written as 2n - 7.
The number of games they will play this season is given as 15.
Putting it all together, the equation to represent this problem is:
2n - 7 = 15
In this equation, "p" would be 2, "q" would be -7, and "r" would be 15.