document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=462174>Question 462174</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> a minor league baseball team plays 98 games in a season. if the team won 14 more than three times as many games they lost, how many wins and losses did the team have? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "x = number of losses<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3x + 14 = number of wins\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x + 3x + 14 = 98 {number of wins plus number of losses equals total of 98}<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4x + 14 = 98 {combined like terms}<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4x = 84 {subtracted 14 from both sides}<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 21 {divided both sides by 4}<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3x + 14 = 77 {substituted 21, in for x, into 3x + 14}\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "21 losses and 77 wins<BR>\n" );
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