document.write( "Question 188321: Please Help. At the end of the 2001 football season , the Cowboys and Broncos had won a total of 7 Super Bowls. The Cowboys had won 2.5 times as many Super Bowls as the Broncos. How many Super Bowls had the Cowboys won? \n" ); document.write( "
Algebra.Com's Answer #141160 by solver91311(24713)![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! \r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Games won by Broncos: x\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Games won by Cowboys: 2.5x\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Games won by both:\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Solve for x, then subtract that value from 7.\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "You could actually go at this directly and save the subtraction step at the end if you said:\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Games won by Cowboys: x\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Games won by Broncos: \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Games won by both:\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "But that is a messier equation to solve.\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "John \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " |