Question

The soccer team has 10 less than the football team. The football team has 60% more players than the basketball team. The basket ball team has 15 players on the team. How many kids are on soccer team?

Answer 1

Let x = the number of players on the football team, let y = number of players on the soccer team, and let z = the number of players on the basketball team.

`y = x-10`

`x=1.6z`

`z=15`

So then we can solve for x:

`x=1.6(15)=24`

And then we can solve for y:

`y=24-10=14`

So therefore we know that there are 14 players on the soccer team.