SOLUTION: Hockey teams receive 2 points when they win and 1 point when they tie. One season, a team won a championship with 55 points. They won 11 more games then they tied. How many wins an

Question 373885: Hockey teams receive 2 points when they win and 1 point when they tie. One season, a team won a championship with 55 points. They won 11 more games then they tied. How many wins and how many ties 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 ties
given:

By substitution:

and, since

They won 22 games and tied 11

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