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Tommy and Bobby like to watch their school's baseball team play. Tommy watched 2/3 of all the games the team played last season. Bobby watched 28 games. If Tommy watched more games than Bobby did last season, which of the following could be the number of games the team played last season?

 

A) 33

B) 36

C) 39

D) 42

E) 45

Answer 1

• Let x be the number of games the team played.
• We know that Tommy watched more than Bobby
• (2/3)*x > 28
• x>28*(3/2)  Multiply by the reciprocal
• x>42

 

Therefore only E, 45 can be the number of games.