document.write( "Question 167465: The soccer team won 3 times as many games as they lost. They played 28 games in all. How many games did they lose? \n" ); document.write( "
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lets call games won w and games lost l\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "w+l=28--eq 1
\n" ); document.write( "w=3l----eq 2\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "take w's value from eq 2 and substitute it into eq 1\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "3l+l=28--->4l=28--->\"l=7\"games lost\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"w=3%287%29=21\"games won
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