Let x = total number of basketball games that was played by the team this season.
Alon started in 60% of his team’s basketball games this season. This means that he started in a total number of 60 percent of x basketball games this season.
60% of x basketball games this season = 60/100 × x
= 0.6×x = 0.6x
From the information given, Alon started a total of 12 basketball games this season. Therefore,