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( "
Algebra.Com's Answer #123356 by Mathtut(3670)![]() ![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! 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---> \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " |