Question

The combined number of athletes on the basketball team and ice hockey team is 40. The number of players on the ice hockey team is 5 less than 2 times the number on the basketball team

Answer 1

Number of players in basket ball team
`15`

Number of players in ice hockey team
`25`

Explanation:

Given -

Let the number of players in basket ball team
`=` X

The number of players in the ice hockey team is equal to

`2X - 5`

The combined number of athletes on the basketball team and ice hockey team
`X + 2X -5 = 3X -5`

`3X - 5 = 40\\3X = 45\\X = 15`

Number of players in basket ball team
`15`

The number of players in the ice hockey team is equal to
`2 * 15 - 5 = 30 -5 = 25`