Question

Six teams are out on the field playing soccer. The teams all have the same number of players. The head coach asked for 2 players from each team to come help him move some equipment. Now there are 78 players on the field. WRITE and SOLVE an EQUATION whose solution is the number of players on EACH team.

Answer 1

15

Explanation:

78 = 6x - 12

6x = 12 + 78 = 90

x = 90 / 6 = 15

Answer 2

`6x - 12 = 78 \\ 6x = 90 \\ x = 15`

There are 15 players on each team.