Question

The
number of girls in a hockey team is three less than twice the number of boys.
If the number of girls is 15, how many boys are there in the team?

Answer 1

Given that:-

Number of girls in a hockey team is three less than twice the number of boys .If the number of girls is $15$. How many boys are there are in the team.

Let no. of girls$=x$

and no. of boys$=y$

Given:-

$x=2y-3$

If $x=15$

$\to 15=2y-3$

$2y=18\to y=9$

If the number of girls is $15$, then no. of boys are $9$.