You are the coach of a basketball team. so far this season, you have collected the following statistics showing how many points each player scores on average and how many points the team scores in a game when the player is not playing: player a ppg: 25 team points when the player is absent: 100 player b ppg: 24 team points when the player is absent: 80 player c ppg: 20 team points when the player is absent: 84 player d ppg: 19 team points when the player is absent: 87 player e ppg: 13 team points when the player is absent: 50 player f ppg: 5 team points when the player is absent: 99 player g ppg: 5 team points when the player is absent: 90 discussion question: (1) which player is the most to your team? why? (20 pts) (2) which player is the most altruistic ( to others)? why? (20 pts) (3) rank order the value of the players on your team? (20 pts) (4) in complete sentences, explain how you derived your ranking. (40 pts)

You are given the following statistics showing how many points each player scores on average and how many points the team scores in a game when the player is not playing.

Player A PPG: 25 Team Points
when the player is absent: 100
Player B PPG: 24 Team Points
when the player is absent: 80
Player C PPG: 20 Team Points
when the player is absent: 84
Player D PPG: 19 Team Points
when the player is absent: 87
Player E PPG: 13 Team Points
when the player is absent: 50
Player F PPG: 5 Team Points
when the player is absent: 99
Player G PPG: 5 Team Points
when the player is absent: 90

(1) The player that is most helpful to the team is Player A. When player A is playing,he can garner 25 points and when he is not around, the team loses 100 points.
(2) The player that is the most altruistic (helpful to others) is Player E. Even if he can just gain 13 points when playing, when he is not around, their lost is just 50 points.
(3) The order from increasing to the least is player A, B, D, C, E, G, F.

1. isolate the variable, in this case, d. subtract 35.5 on both sides of the equation.2. 52 subtracted by 35.5 is 16.53. therefore your answer would be d= 16.5this is the basics of pre algebra, isolating variable through adding, subtracting, multiplying, and dividing, if you have any other questions to ask just comment!