What is a system of linear equations that fits the situation?

Question

There are a total of 52 students on the soccer team and the field hockey team. The field hockey team has 12 more students than the soccer team. What is a system of linear equation that fts this situation?

Answer 1

Let x = number of students on the soccer team

     y = number of students on the hockey team

 

Then  x + y = 52

              y = x + 12