Jayla plays on the Strikers soccer team. The team worked on 5 new drills at yesterday's practice, spending the same amount of time on each drill. Jayla was 15 minutes late and only practiced for 40 minutes.

Question

) Which equation can you use to find how long, x, the team spent on each drill?
15(x - 5) = 40
5(x - 15) = 40
5х - 15 = 40
15х - 5 = 40

Answer 1

To find how long, \( x \), the team spent on each drill, we need to consider that there were 5 drills and they spent the same amount of time on each drill.

If the total practice time is 40 minutes and Jayla was 15 minutes late, that means the team effectively practiced for a total of \( 40 + 15 = 55 \) minutes.

Since they worked on 5 drills, we can express the total time spent on the drills as \( 5x \).

We can set up the equation:

\[ 5x = 55 \]

Now, let’s analyze the provided options:

1. \( 15(x - 5) = 40 \)
2. \( 5(x - 15) = 40 \)
3. \( 5x - 15 = 40 \)
4. \( 15x - 5 = 40 \)

None of these directly match our derived equation of \( 5x = 55 \). However, if we simplify the third option, \( 5x - 15 = 40 \):

\[ 5x - 15 = 40 \] \[ 5x = 40 + 15 \] \[ 5x = 55 \]

This is equivalent to our equation.

Thus, the correct answer is:

\( 5x - 15 = 40 \)