Answer:
Number of students in the soccer team [tex]=9[/tex]
Step-by-step explanation:
Number of students in the hockey team [tex]=18[/tex]
Let [tex]x[/tex] denotes number of students in the soccer team.
The hockey team had 18 students try out for the team, which was 2 times the number of students who tried out for the soccer team.
[tex]18=2x\\\frac{18}{2}=x\\9=x[/tex]
Therefore,
Number of students in the soccer team [tex]=9[/tex]
