Question

A recreation center holds a soccer game every Saturday morning for older teens. The group agreed that there should be at least five players on each team. One team started out with 17 players. After an hour of playing three players started leaving every 5 minutes. For at least how long can the team keep playing?

Answer 1

Answer:

They can play for 1 hour and 20 minutes from the beginning of the game.

Step-by-step explanation:

Start playing with 17 players.

At 1 hour, there are 14 players left.

At 1:05, there are 11 players left.

At 1:10, there are 8 players left.

At 1:15, there are 5 players left.

At 1:20, there are 2 players left, and play stops.

They can play for 1 hour and 20 minutes from the beginning of the game.