SOLUTION: In the 2008 regular baseball season, the Tampa Bay Rays won 33 fewer than twice as many games as they lost. They played 162 regular-season games. How many wins and losses did the t

Question 499387: In the 2008 regular baseball season, the Tampa Bay Rays won 33 fewer than twice as many games as they lost. They played 162 regular-season games. How many wins and losses did the team have?
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let = number of wins
Let = number of losses
given:

By substitution:

And

There were 65 losses and 97 wins
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