Answer: There are five basketball players.
Explanation:
We can use substitution to solve this equation. The amount of volleyball players can be represented by V and basketball players by B.
10 less basketball than volleyball = V-10=B. This is our first equation.
Volleyball players are three times the # of basketball players is 3B=V. This is our second equation.
V-10=B and 3B=V will help us solve our problem.
Isolate either B or V on one side; I isolated V.
V-10=B can be turned into V=B+10.
Now, substitute V into the second equation. 3B=B+10. Subtract B from both sides to get 2B=10. Divide by 2 to get B=5.
That's our final answer for basketball players, but we can check our answer by plugging it into either equation. 3*5=15, meaning the amount of volleyball players is 15. 15-10=5, so this makes sense.