Question

There are four defenders on a soccer team. if this represents 20 percent of the players on the team, which equation can be used to find the total number of players on the team?

Answer 1

Given

There are four defenders on a soccer team

if this represents 20 percent of the players on the team

Find out the total number of players on the team.

To proof

As given in question

four defenders on a soccer team

this represents 20 percent of the players on the team

let the total number of players = x

First convert 20% in the decimal form

$\frac{20}{100} =0.20$

Than the equation becomes

0.20x =4

$x = \frac{4}{0.20}$

now solving the above equation

we get

x = 20

thus the total number of players on the team are 20.

Hence proved

                               

Answer 2

4x = total number of players

x would equal 5
4=20%
then 4 times 5 =100%