document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=789216>Question 789216</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> a minor league baseball team plays 125 games in a season. if the team won 17 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 + 3x + 17 = 125\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "4x + 17 = 125\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "4x = 125 - 17\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "4x = 108\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x = 108/4\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x = 27\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The team lost 27 games.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "It won 3(27) + 17 games or 98 games.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Nice question....\r<BR>\n" );
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