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Only 15 players can be on the school

basketball team. Let t represent the humber of
students that tried out for the team. The number
of students who tried out but did not make the
team is 37. Write and solve an equation to
determine how many total students tried out for
the basketball team?

User Kishma
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Answer:

t - 37 = 15

Explanation:

If only 15 players can be on the team and 37 didn't make it, lets assume 15 did. Therefore, 52 students tried out for the team

User Lukas Jelinek
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Answer:

actually, you only need at least 5 players

Explanation:

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