Question

The "Middle School Eight" basketball conference has $8$ teams. Every season, each team plays every other conference team twice (home and away), and each team also plays $4$ games against non-conference opponents. What is the total number of games in a season involving the "Middle School Eight" teams?

$60$

$88$

$96$

$144$

$160$

Solution:

Each team plays $4$ non-conference games, for $8\cdot4=32$ games involving Middle School Eight teams and non-conference opponents.

Within the conference, each of the $8$ teams has $7$ home games against the other teams, so there are $8\cdot7=56$ conference games. The total is $32+56=88$ .

Thus, B is the correct answer.

2014 AMC 8 Problem 16

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