There are 1,342 players in the baseball league. That is 2 times the number of players in the football league. How many players are in the football league?

Answer 1

If f = the number of football player, and b = the number of baseball players, then you can write an equation to represent the number of players. The word problem says there are twice as many players in football as baseball, so:

2b = f

The number of baseball players is given as 1,342, so substitute the value for b. The equation now reads:

2(1,342) = f

Solve for f.

2(1,342) = 2,684 = f

2,684 is the answer