Word Problem

[Lkilburg]

There was a baseball meeting with the players and the owners of the teams. Altogether there were 178 people who attended the meeting. there were 44 more players than owners. How many plers and how many owners came to that meeting? Solve the problem telling what you did and why you did it.

 

[Deleted member 4993]

There was a baseball meeting with the players and the owners of the teams. Altogether there were 178 people who attended the meeting. there were 44 more players than owners. How many plers and how many owners came to that meeting? Solve the problem telling what you did and why you did it.

Start by defining variables (unknowns to be solved.

Let.

# of players = P

# of owners = W

Please share your work with us, indicating exactly where you are stuck - so that we may know where to begin to help you.

 

[Lkilburg]

No idea where to even start.

 

[jluvjc]

i need help asap

But...but...you have to tell what YOU did,
i have a word problem. after m minuted, an adult blinks about 10m + 3 times. about how many times does an adult blink in three munites? in 2 hours?

 

[burakaltr]

There was a baseball meeting with the players and the owners of the teams. Altogether there were 178 people who attended the meeting. there were 44 more players than owners. How many plers and how many owners came to that meeting? Solve the problem telling what you did and why you did it.

P,O
P+O=178
P=O+44

substitute 2*O+44=178
2*O=178-44= 134

Owners= 67
Players=111