Question

The football team of 35 players went out to eat. Eight of the players have their own lunch. Write a algebraic equation to find out how many players need to buy lunch.

Answer 1

27 players.

Explanation:

If 8 out of 35 player have their own lunch, you can algebraically write it as follows:

X = 35 - 8

X = 27 players need to buy lunch.