document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=156697>Question 156697</A>This question is from textbook <A HREF=http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0321442334/algebrahomeworkh>Beginning and Intermediate Algebra</A><BR>\n" );
document.write( ": <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> I hope I picked the right topic...\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Here is the word problem, out of my book:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "In the 2005 regular baseball season, the Chicago White sox won 27 fewer than twice as many games as they lost. They played 162 regular-season games. How many wins and losses did the team have?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I have been trying to figure this problem out with my friend for the last two days. We are stuck on it. I finally thought that I figured it out today, and seeing as it has been such a burden to us, I decided to look up the figures online and found out that I was wrong! So now I know what the correct answer is, but I want to know how to reach it. Here is what I had done when I thought I finally figured it out:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "2x-27=62<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2x=189<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=94.5\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I questioned myself when a fraction came up, but seeing as it is a half, I figured maybe they tied one game with another team?? \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "From there, I went on to do this:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "162-94.5=67.5\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So I figured that 67.5 and 94.5 were my answers. When I added them together to check my math, I found that they do add up to 162. I don't know anything about baseball so I don't know if tying is even possible... I guess it isn't, since my answer is wrong.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Some help in understanding how the correct answer of 99 wins and 63 losses is reached would be wonderful.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Thank you very much. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "In the 2005 regular baseball season, the Chicago White sox won 27 fewer than twice as many games as they lost. They played 162 regular-season games. How many wins and losses did the team have? <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Let x = games lost<BR>\n" );
document.write( "which means (because they played a total of 162 games) that<BR>\n" );
document.write( "162 - x = games won<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "2x-27 = 162 - x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3x-27 = 162<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3x = 189<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 63 (games lost)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "162 - 63 = 99 (games won)<BR>\n" );
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