Question

At the end of a baseball game, the players were given the choice of having a bottle of water or a box of juice. Of all of the players, 12 chose a bottle of water, which was 3 4 of the total number of players. Write and solve an equation to determine p. the total number of players at the baseball game. Show your work

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Answer 1

p=48

Explenation:

Total number of players = p

According to given scenario:

p - 12 = 3/4p

By simplifying

Taking terms with p on left and constants on right

p - 3/4p = 12

By taking LCM for left side to make denominators same

4/4*p -3/4p = 12

(4p -3p)/4 = 12

1p/4 = 12

Multiplying both sides by 4 we get

p = 12 * 4

p = 48

So total number of players is 48