A tennis team has 24 members. There are twice as many girls as boys on the team. How many girls are on the tennis team?
To find out how many girls are on the tennis team, we first need to determine how many boys are on the team.
Let's assume the number of boys on the team is x. According to the problem statement, there are twice as many girls as boys on the team, so the number of girls would be 2x.
Since we know that the total number of team members is 24, we can write an equation based on the numbers of boys and girls:
x + 2x = 24
Combining like terms, we get:
3x = 24
To solve for x, we divide both sides of the equation by 3:
x = 24 / 3
x = 8
So the number of boys on the tennis team is 8.
To find the number of girls, we substitute the value of x back into the equation:
2x = 2 * 8
2x = 16
Therefore, there are 16 girls on the tennis team.
number of boys --- x
number of girls --- 2x
x + 2x = 24
solve for x, then find 2x