Question

Twenty five football players chose to have their hair cut before winter break. If this represents 1/3 of the students on the football team, write and solve an equation to determine x, the number of students on the football team

Answer 1

Equation for 'x' is
`(1)/(3)x=25`.

There are 75 students in the football team.

Explanation:

Let the number of students on the team be 'x'.

Given:

Number of players to have hair cut = 25

Number of players to have hair cut is one-third of the total students in the football team.

So, framing in equation form, we get:

`(1)/(3)x=25`

In order to solve this equation for 'x', we have to isolate 'x' on the left hand side.

So, we multiply both sides by 3. This gives,

`3* (x)/(3)=25* 3\\\\x=75`

Therefore, there are 75 students in the football team.