document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=669261>Question 669261</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A baseball team played 109 games. It lost 5 more games then it won. How many games did the team win?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #416247 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=MathLover1><B>MathLover1(20850)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=MathLover1><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=MathLover1><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=416247\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> let <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=x ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"x\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > be the number of the games a baseball team won and <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=y ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"y\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > be the number of the games a baseball team lost\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "if a baseball team lost <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=5 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"5\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > more games then it won, then we have\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=y-5=x ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"y-5=x\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >.........eq. 1\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "if a baseball team played <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=109 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"109\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > games, then we have <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=x%2By=109 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"x%2By=109\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >....eq.2\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "solve the system:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=y-5=x ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"y-5=x\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >.........eq. 1\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=x%2By=109 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"x%2By=109\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >....eq.2<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=y-5=x ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"y-5=x\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >.........eq. 1...substitute in eq. 2\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=y-5%2By=109 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"y-5%2By=109\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >....eq.2...solve for <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=y ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"y\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=2y=109%2B5 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"2y=109%2B5\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=2y=114 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"2y=114\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=y=114%2F2 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"y=114%2F2\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=highlight%28y=57%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"highlight%28y=57%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "now go back in eq. 1 and calculate <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=x ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"x\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=52-5=x ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"52-5=x\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >.........eq. 1\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=highlight%28x=52%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"highlight%28x=52%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "so, a baseball team won <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=highlight%28x=52%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"highlight%28x=52%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > games and lost <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=highlight%28y=57%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"highlight%28y=57%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > games\r<BR>\n" );
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