document.write( "Question 484755: Valley High School's football team played a total of 16 games. They won twice as many games as they lost. If they tied 1 game, how many games did the team win? \n" ); document.write( "
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Let football team lost x games, then they won 2x games, they had \"x%2B2x%2B1=3x%2B1\" games
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\n" ); document.write( "\"3x%2B1=16\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"3x=16-1\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"3x=15\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"x=15%2F3\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"x=5\" lost games
\n" ); document.write( "Team won \"2%2A5=10\"games
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