Question

Donal currently has 7,200 points in his fantasy baseball league, which is 20% more point than Scott how many points does scott have?

Answer 1

ANSWER:  

Scott has 6000 points in his fantasy baseball league.

SOLUTION:

Given, Donal currently has 7,200 points in his fantasy baseball league.  

It is 20% more points than Scott points.

We need to know how many points does scott have?

Let the points with scott be x.

Then, according to give information  

Donal points = scott points + 20% of scott points

$\begin{array}{l}{7200=x+20 \% \times x} \\\\ {7200=x+\frac{20}{100} \times x} \\\\ {7200=x+\frac{1}{5} \times x} \\\\ {7200=x+\frac{x}{5}}\end{array}$

By multiplying with 5 on both sides, we get

$\begin{array}{l}{7200 \times 5=5 \times x+x} \\\\ {36000=5 x+x} \\\\ {6 x=36000} \\\\{x=\frac{36000}{6}} \\\\ {x=6000}\end{array}$

Hence, scott has 6000 points in his fantasy baseball league.