Question

A sports tournament has b teams. Each team has 8 players. Using b, write an expression for the total numbers of players in the tournament.

Answer 1

The answer is 8b

Explanation:

Hey, a variable is a filler for an unknown number. Don't let it confuse you too much!

If there were 5 teams, there would be 8(5) = 40 players, right??

With b teams, there are 8b players. We are lazy as mathematicians and don't say 8(b) or 8 x b. It's just 8b.

Thus, The answer is 8b

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