Question

vcu rams stats - 2016-17
year 2016 - 17
game statistics
player gp min ppg rpg
jequan lewis 35 31.2 15.2 2.8
justin tillman 33 25.5 12.2 6.7
mo alie - cox 35 26.3 9.5 4.2
samir doughty 35 23.1 9.0 3.6
jonathan williams 34 24.1 8.3 2.2
ahmed hamdy - mohamed 34 13.2 5.9 3.8
doug brooks 35 20.4 5.6 2.9
jordan burgess 35 21.4 4.9 3.5
deriante jenkins 21 12.3 4.3 1.7
malik crowfield 34 10.1 2.1 0.7
marquell fraser 16 3.6 0.9 0.3
torey burston 10 5.3 0.7 0.8
isaac vann 1 0.0 0.0 0.0
questions:

1. during the 2016 - 2017 season, which player played about twice as many minutes (min) as malik crowfield?
2. what was the average number of minutes played?
3. which player had about half as many points per game (ppg) as jonathan williams?

Explanation:

Step1: Identify Malik Crowfield's minutes

Malik Crowfield played 10.1 minutes. Twice of 10.1 is $2\times10.1 = 20.2$. Looking at the MIN column, Doug Brooks played 20.4 minutes which is about twice as many as Malik Crowfield.

Step2: Calculate average minutes

Sum of all minutes: $31.2+25.5 + 26.3+23.1+24.1+13.2+20.4+21.4+12.3+10.1+3.6+5.3+0.0=216.4$. There are 13 players. Average = $\frac{216.4}{13}\approx16.65$

Step3: Identify player with half - PPG of Jonathan Williams

Jonathan Williams has 8.3 PPG. Half of 8.3 is $\frac{8.3}{2}=4.15$. Looking at the PPG column, Jordan Burgess has 4.9 PPG which is closest to about half of Jonathan Williams' PPG.

Answer:

1. Doug Brooks
2. Approximately 16.65
3. Jordan Burgess