Question

Six teams are out on the field playing soccer. The teams all have the same number of players. The head coach asks for 2 players from each team to come help him move some equipment. NOW there are 78 players on the field. Whose solution is the number of players on each team

Answer 1

x=15

Explanation:

6(x−2)=78 (or 6x−12=78), x=15

Answer 2

This means each team has exactly 15 players.

Explanation:

Six teams are out on the field playing soccer.

Number of Teams = 6

The teams all have the same number of players.

Let number of players = x

Total number of players = 6x

The head coach asks for 2 players from each team to come help him move some equipment.

This meas we subtract 2 from every team. Since there are 6 teams, total number of players to be subtracted = 12

Number of players left = 6x - 12

NOW there are 78 players on the field.

This means;

78 = 6x - 12

6x = 12 + 78 = 90

x = 90 / 6 = 15

This means each team has exactly 15 players.