SOLUTION: A minor league baseball team plays 127 games in a season. If the team won 15 more than three times as many games as they​ lost, how many wins and losses did the team​ h
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Question 988811: A minor league baseball team plays 127 games in a season. If the team won 15 more than three times as many games as they lost, how many wins and losses did the team have?
Answer by Timnewman(323) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Hi dear,
Let x be the number of lost.
Then
number of win=15+3x
But the total number is 127,
Then,
x+15+3x=127
4x=127-15
4x=112
x=28
number of losses is 28.
number of wins=15+3x
but x=28,then
=15+3(28)
=15+84
=99
HOPE THIS HELPS?
::Timnewman::
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