Question

A select soccer team had tryouts for the upcoming season. The team typically has 25% of the players in the tryouts process come back for a second evaluation. If the team asked 17 players back for a second evaluation, how many players showed up for the first tryout

Answer 1

68

Explanation:

Answer 2

Given:

The team typically has 25% of the players in the tryouts process come back for a second evaluation.

The team asked 17 players back for a second evaluation.

To find:

The players showed up for the first tryout.

Solution:

Let x be the number of players showed up for the first tryout.

According to the question,

`25\%\text{ of } x=17`

`(25)/(100)x=17`

`(1)/(4)x=17`

Multiply both sides by 4.

`x=17* 4`

`x=68`

Therefore, 68 layers showed up for the first tryout.