Question

There are some students playing soccer. Five students decided to join the game and now there are twenty-two students playing soccer. How many students were originally playing soccer?

Answer 1

17 students

Explanation:

Given:

There are some students playing soccer.

Five students decided to join the game and now there are twenty-two students playing soccer.

Question asked:

How many students were originally playing soccer?

Solution:

Let initially number of students playing soccer =
`x`

As given,

After joining 5 more students, there are 22 students playing soccer, the equation will be:-

`x+5=22`

Subtracting both side by 5

`x+5-5=22-5\\x=17\ students`

Hence, 17 students were originally playing soccer.