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document.write( "How many games did the team lose ______\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "How many games did the team win ______ </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Equations:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "W + L = 100<BR>\n" );
document.write( "W = 3L + 16<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Substitue to get:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(3L+16) + L = 100<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4L = 84<BR>\n" );
document.write( "L = 21 games (# of losses)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Since W + L = 100, W + 21 = 100; W = 79 (# of wins)<BR>\n" );
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