in a basketball game Kyle scored 4 more then one-fifth as many points as Kurt. If Kyle scored 12 points, how many points did Kurt score?

Question

In a basketball game Kyle scored 4 more than one-fifth as many points as kurt. if Kyle scored 12 points, how many points did Kurt score?

Answer 1

Since we want to find the number of points that Kurt scored, we can assign variables that represent his points.  Then use algebraic applications.

 

Let x = the number of points Kurt scored

 

Kyle = 12

 

 

Kurt = (1/5)x + 4

 

We know Kyle score as much as Kurt. We set up an equation to represent this.

 

 

(1/5)x + 4 = 12

 

Solve for x.

 

 

(1/5)x = 8

 

     x = 8(5)

     x = 40

 

 

Kurt scored 40 points.