SOLUTION: Hockey teams receive 2 points for a win and 1 point for a tie. The wild cats once one a championship with 60 points. They won 9 more games than they tied. How many wins and how man

Question 149179: Hockey teams receive 2 points for a win and 1 point for a tie. The wild cats once one a championship with 60 points. They won 9 more games than they tied. How many wins and how many ties did the Wildcats have? I thought I set this problem up correctly but it didnt work out right??
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let = number of games won
Let = number of games tied

As for the points:

Use the expression for in the 1st equation for in
the 2nd equation

and since

There were 23 wins and 14 ties
check:

OK
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