SOLUTION: A minor league baseball team plays 129 games in a season. If the team won 17 more than three times as many games as they​ lost, how many wins and losses did the t

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Question 1081256: A minor league baseball team plays 129

games in a season. If the team won 17

more than three times

as many games as they​ lost, how many wins and losses did the team​ have?

Answer by addingup(3677)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Games they lost: x
Games they won: 3x + 17
Total games played: 129
So if we add games lost and games won we should total 129:
x + 3x + 17 = 129
4x = 112
x = 28 <--these are the losses, and the wins:
3x + 17 = 3(28)+17 = 84+17 = 101 wins

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