document.write( "Question 380604: A baseball team played 178 complete games last season. They had 46 fewer wins than losses. How may games did the team win?
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document.write( "Hi,
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document.write( "Let x represent wins and (178-x) the losses
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document.write( "Question states***
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document.write( "  x + 48 = (178-x)
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document.write( "solving for x
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document.write( " 2x = 130
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document.write( "  x = 65, the number of wins\r
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document.write( "CHECKINGour answer***
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document.write( "65 + 48 = 113  \n" );
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