document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=854508>Question 854508</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> a minor league baseball team plays 77 games in a season. If the team won 17 more than twice as many games as they lost, how many wins and losses did the team have<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "let x=number of games lost<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2x+17=number of games won<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x+(2x+17)=77<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3x+17=77<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3x=60<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=20<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2x+17=57<BR>\n" );
document.write( "number of games lost=20<BR>\n" );
document.write( "number of games won=57 </SPAN>\n" );
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