The global competition for the World Cup is broken into six continental zones. The number of teams in Scottish teams zone is 17 less than twice the number of the teams in the Puerto Rican teams zone. How many teams are in each zone?
x and 2x-17
To find the number of teams in each zone, let's represent the number of teams in the Puerto Rican teams zone as "x."
According to the problem, the number of teams in the Scottish teams zone is 17 less than twice the number of teams in the Puerto Rican teams zone, which means it can be expressed as:
Number of teams in Scottish teams zone = (2 * Number of teams in Puerto Rican teams zone) - 17
Substituting "x" for the number of teams in the Puerto Rican teams zone, we get:
Number of teams in Scottish teams zone = (2 * x) - 17
Therefore, the number of teams in the Scottish teams zone is (2 * x) - 17 and the number of teams in the Puerto Rican teams zone is x.