Question

The combined number of athletes on the basketball team and ice hockey team is 40. The number of players on the ice hockey team is 5 less than 2 times the number on the basketball team

Answer 1

Answer:

Number of players in basket ball team $15$

Number of players in ice hockey team $25$

Step-by-step explanation:

Given -

Let the number of players in basket ball team $=$ X

The number of players in the ice hockey team is equal to

$2X - 5$

The combined number of athletes on the basketball team and ice hockey team $X + 2X -5 = 3X -5$

$3X - 5 = 40\\3X = 45\\X = 15$

Number of players in basket ball team $15$

The number of players in the ice hockey team is equal to $2 * 15 - 5 = 30 -5 = 25$