Answer: (a) 0.87x
(b) 0.87x = 174
(c) 200 players
Explanation:
Let x be the total number of players who signed up for the season,
since 13% dropped , it implies that 13% of x dropped out , which means 0.13x dropped out.
To know the players who finished the league , it implies
x - 0.13x = 0.87x
This means that 0.87x finished the league
(a) The expression for the number of players who finished the season will therefore be 0.87x , this is as a result of subtracting those that dropped out (0.13x) from those that signed up ( x)
(b) The equation to represent the number of players who signed up for the soccer will thus be:
x - 0.13x = 174 , since it was given that 174 finished the league, this implies
0.87x = 174
(c) Solving the equation, we have
0.87x = 174
0,87x / 0.87 = 174 / 0.87
x = 200
Therefore 200 players signed up for the league