SOLUTION: Hi, Im having problems trying to solve this problem. Can you help. Hockey teams receive 2 points when they win and 1 point when they tie. One season, a team won a championship w

Question 206022: Hi, Im having problems trying to solve this problem. Can you help.
Hockey teams receive 2 points when they win and 1 point when they tie. One season, a team won a championship with 57 points. they won 12 more games than they tied. How many wins did the team have? How many ties did the team have?
Answer by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Hockey teams receive 2 points when they win and 1 point when they tie.
One season, a team won a championship with 57 points. they won 12 more games
than they tied. How many wins did the team have?
How many ties did the team have?
:
let t = no. of ties
then
(t+12) = no. of wins
:
2(t+12) + 1t = 57
2t + 24 + t = 57
2t + t = 57 - 24
3t = 33
t =
t = 11 ties
;
;
Check solution (11+12=23 wins)
23(2) + 11 = 57
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