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Please help!! Consider the equation x/5 -2=11, where x represents the

number of basketball players that have signed up for a
new league. What is a possible scenario that would be
modeled by this equation? Consider how many teams in
the league and the number of players on each team this
equation could describe

User ITguy
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Answer:

x=65

Each NBA team can have a maximum of 15 players, 13 of which can be active each game.

65/5=13 so it's safe to say tgat 5 team can be crated

Explanation:

x/5-2=11-->transposing x/5=11+2---->x=13×5--->x=65

verification 65/5-2=11--->13-2=11

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