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We need to find out the total number of minutes a basketball player has played over the first three years of his career. The minutes played each year are as follows:
- First year: 1,481 minutes
- Second year: 2,683 minutes
- Third year: 3,316 minutes
To determine the total number of minutes, we will simply add these three amounts together.
1. Start by adding the minutes played in the first year and the second year:
[tex]\[1,481 + 2,683\][/tex]
Let's break this down for clarity:
- Add the ones place: [tex]\(1 + 3 = 4\)[/tex]
- Add the tens place: [tex]\(8 + 8 = 16\)[/tex] (write down 6, carry 1 to the hundreds place)
- Add the hundreds place: [tex]\(4 + 6 + 1 (carried over) = 11\)[/tex] (write down 1, carry 1 to the thousands place)
- Add the thousands place: [tex]\(1 + 2 + 1 (carried over) = 4\)[/tex]
So,
[tex]\[1,481 + 2,683 = 4,164\][/tex]
2. Next, add the result to the minutes played in the third year:
[tex]\[4,164 + 3,316\][/tex]
Again, break this down:
- Add the ones place: [tex]\(4 + 6 = 10\)[/tex] (write down 0, carry 1 to the tens place)
- Add the tens place: [tex]\(6 + 1 + 1 (carried over) = 8\)[/tex]
- Add the hundreds place: [tex]\(1 + 3 = 4\)[/tex]
- Add the thousands place: [tex]\(4 + 3 = 7\)[/tex]
So,
[tex]\[4,164 + 3,316 = 7,480\][/tex]
Therefore, the basketball player has played a total of 7,480 minutes in three years.
