Answer: 5 games
Step-by-step explanation: A .500 record means that the soccer team won half of their games ( that's how I interpret it). Since they are going to play 30 games, they need to win half of 30 or 15 games to have that record. 15-10 = 5. So, they need to win 5 more games to have a .500 record.
We call:

as the set of <span>the first 51 consecutive odd positive integers, so:
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Where:





<span>and so on.
In mathematics, a sequence of numbers, such that the difference between two consecutive terms is constant, is called Arithmetic Progression, so:
3-1 = 2
5-3 = 2
7-5 = 2
9-7 = 2 and so on.
Then, the common difference is 2, thus:
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Then:
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So, we need to find the sum of the members of the finite series, which is called arithmetic series:
There is a formula for arithmetic series, namely:
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Therefore, we need to find:
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Given that

, then:

Thus:

Lastly:
Simplifying
(0.75x + 6) + -1(2.5x + -1.9) = 0
Reorder the terms:
(6 + 0.75x) + -1(2.5x + -1.9) = 0
Remove parenthesis around (6 + 0.75x)
6 + 0.75x + -1(2.5x + -1.9) = 0
Reorder the terms:
6 + 0.75x + -1(-1.9 + 2.5x) = 0
6 + 0.75x + (-1.9 * -1 + 2.5x * -1) = 0
6 + 0.75x + (1.9 + -2.5x) = 0
Reorder the terms:
6 + 1.9 + 0.75x + -2.5x = 0
Combine like terms: 6 + 1.9 = 7.9
7.9 + 0.75x + -2.5x = 0
Combine like terms: 0.75x + -2.5x = -1.75x
7.9 + -1.75x = 0
Solving
7.9 + -1.75x = 0
Solving for variable 'x'.
Move all terms containing x to the left, all other terms to the right.
Add '-7.9' to each side of the equation.
7.9 + -7.9 + -1.75x = 0 + -7.9
Combine like terms: 7.9 + -7.9 = 0.0
0.0 + -1.75x = 0 + -7.9
-1.75x = 0 + -7.9
Combine like terms: 0 + -7.9 = -7.9
-1.75x = -7.9
Divide each side by '-1.75'.
x = 4.514285714
Simplifying
x = 4.514285714
It would have to be rounded down
8.0349999999999........ is the greatest one
because the 4 rounds down, and every 9 after that doesn't affect the rounding, but it does add a small amount to the number
the number is less than 8.035
8.0349999999999........