Question

In a basketball game, River scored 15% more points than Paul. If r is the number of points that River scored and p is the number of points that Paul scored, which equations are correct. Select all that apply.

Answer 1

Answer:

$r = \dfrac{23}{20} p$

Step-by-step explanation:

Number of points scored by River = $r$

Number of points scored by Paul = $p$

River has scored 15% more points that Paul.

To find:

Equation to represent the given condition.

Solution:

As per the given question statement, Number of points scored by River is 15% more than that of Paul's.

15% of points scored by Paul = 15% of $p$ = $\frac{15}{100}p$

15% more means total points scored by Paul plus 15% of points scored by Paul.

Therefore, we can write the following:

$r = p + 15\%\ of\ p\\\Rightarrow r = p + \dfrac{15}{100} p\\\Rightarrow r = \dfrac{115}{100} p\\\Rightarrow r = \dfrac{23}{20} p$