Question

The student council at Mason High School surveyed their peers about their favorite professional sports teams in Ohio. The 487 students who listed the Cincinnati Reds Major League Baseball team as their favorite team in Ohio represented 17 fewer students than three times the number of students who listed the Columbus Crew Major League Soccer team as their favorite team in Ohio. Write and solve an equation to determine how many students listed the Columbus Crew as their favorite team.

Answer 1

According to the given information, 487 students listed the Cincinnati Reds as their favorite team. This represents 17 fewer students than three times the number of students who listed the Columbus Crew.

We can write the equation: 3x - 17 = 487

To solve for x, we can add 17 to both sides of the equation:
3x - 17 + 17 = 487 + 17
3x = 504

Finally, we divide both sides of the equation by 3 to solve for x:
3x/3 = 504/3
x = 168

Therefore, 168 students listed the Columbus Crew as their favorite team