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document.write( ": <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> At one time, hockey teams receive two points when they won a game and one point when they tied.  One season, a team won the championship with 60 points.  They won 9 games more than they tied.  How many wins and how many ties did the team have. </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #136694 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=tvandenberg><B>tvandenberg(45)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-07.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=tvandenberg><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=136694\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Well, we will call Wins \"W\" and ties \"T\".\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So, we know two equations:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(A) 2*W + 1*T = 60<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(B) W = T + 9\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Substituting (B) into (A)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "2(T+9) + T = 60\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "3T = 42 --> T = 14\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Substituting back into (B)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "W = 14 + 9 = 23\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "23 wins, 14 ties </SPAN>\n" );
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