SOLUTION: The hockey team recieves 2 points when they win and 1 point when they tie. One season, the team won a championchip with 62 points. They won 10 moregames than they tied. How many wi

Question 291093: The hockey team recieves 2 points when they win and 1 point when they tie. One season, the team won a championchip with 62 points. They won 10 moregames than they tied. How many wins and ties did the team have??
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Answer by brucewill(101) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
You need to categorize this question better; it's not a graph, but rather, should be in a word problems group.
Let x = Games Tied.
Let x + 10 = Games Won.
x + 2(x + 10) = 62
x + 2x + 20 = 62
3x = 42
games tied.
Therefore, 24 games won.
14 points for ties
48 points for wins
62 points total. OK.

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