document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=666395>Question 666395</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> a minor league baseball team plays 131 games in a season. if the team won 15 more than three times as many games as they lost, how many wins and losses did the team have </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "x = wins<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y = losses<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x+y = 131<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 15 + 3y<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Substitute x into the first equation<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "15 + 3y + y = 131<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Combine like terms<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=cross%2815%29+%2B+highlight%283y%29+%2B+highlight%28y%29+-+cross%2815%29+=+131+-+15 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"cross%2815%29+%2B+highlight%283y%29+%2B+highlight%28y%29+-+cross%2815%29+=+131+-+15\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "4y = 116<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Divide both sides by 4<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=highlight_green%28y+=+29%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"highlight_green%28y+=+29%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > losses<BR>\n" );
document.write( "...<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 15 + 3(29) = 15 + 87 = <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=highlight_green%28102%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"highlight_green%28102%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > wins<BR>\n" );
document.write( "...<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Check  <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=cartoon%28%0D%0A29+%2B+102%2C%0D%0A131%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"cartoon%28%0D%0A29+%2B+102%2C%0D%0A131%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
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