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5. Word Problem There are c players on the Cougars hockey team. The team scored a total of 40 goals this season. One of the players, Matthew. scored 5 more goals than the average per player. How many goals did Matthew score? Write your answer as an expression.

Respuesta :

[tex]\text{Number of goals Mathew scored = 5 +}\frac{40}{c}\text{ = }\frac{5c+40}{c}[/tex]

Explanation:

Total number of goals = 40

Total number of players = c

Average goals scored= Total number of goals / Total number of players

Average = 40/c

Number of goals Mathew scored = 5 + average goals

[tex]\begin{gathered} \text{Number of goals Mathew scored = 5 +}\frac{40}{c}\text{ = }\frac{5c+40}{c} \\ \end{gathered}[/tex]

The expression could be any of the two

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