SOLUTION: Jennifer's basketball team played 18 games this season, and they won twice as many games as they lost. how many games did they lose?
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Question 1024909: Jennifer's basketball team played 18 games this season, and they won twice as many games as they lost. how many games did they lose?
Answer by Timnewman(323) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
let nunber they losed be x
then,number they won=2x
since they played the game 18 times,
then,
x+2x=18
3x=18
divide bothside by 3
x=6
They losed 6 times in the game.
---Timnewman---
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