Fabio said that there are 3 times as many people on a basketball team as on a tennis team. Is he correct? Explain why or why not.
Ummmmmmmm how am I supposed to know why don't you ask him ;) ?
Just kidding, there is usually like 12 people on a bsaketball team and like 6 on a tennis team so probably he's not correct.
To determine if Fabio is correct or not, we need to examine the relationship between the number of people on a basketball team and the number of people on a tennis team.
Let's assume the number of people on a tennis team is represented by "x". According to Fabio's statement, there are 3 times as many people on a basketball team as on a tennis team. So the number of people on a basketball team would be 3 times "x", which can be written as 3x.
To check if Fabio's statement is correct, we need to compare the number of people on a basketball team (3x) to the number of people on a tennis team (x).
If 3 times the number of people on a tennis team (3x) is equal to the number of people on a basketball team (3x), then Fabio's statement is correct.
However, if 3 times the number of people on a tennis team (3x) is not equal to the number of people on a basketball team (3x), then Fabio's statement is not correct.
Without additional information or specific values assigned to "x", we cannot definitively determine if Fabio's statement is correct or not. We would need to know the actual values or be given more information to make a definitive judgment.