document.write( "Question 854508: 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
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Algebra.Com's Answer #514731 by josmiceli(19441) $\"\"$ $\"About$

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Let $\"+W+\"$ = number of games they won
\n" ); document.write( "Let $\"+L+\"$ = number of games they lost
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\n" ); document.write( "(1) $\"+W+%2B+L+=+77+\"$
\n" ); document.write( "(2) $\"+W+=+2L+%2B+17+\"$
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\n" ); document.write( "substitute (2) into (1)
\n" ); document.write( "(1) $\"+2L+%2B+17+%2B+L+=+77+\"$
\n" ); document.write( "(1) $\"+3L++=+77+-+17+\"$
\n" ); document.write( "(1) $\"+3L+=+60+\"$
\n" ); document.write( "(1) $\"+L+=+20+\"$
\n" ); document.write( "and, since
\n" ); document.write( "(1) $\"+W+%2B+L+=+77+\"$
\n" ); document.write( "(1) $\"+W+%2B+20+=+77+\"$
\n" ); document.write( "(1) $\"+W+=+57+\"$
\n" ); document.write( "There were 20 losses and 57 wins
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\n" ); document.write( "(2) $\"+W+=+2L+%2B+17+\"$
\n" ); document.write( "(2) $\"+57+=+2%2A20+%2B+17+\"$
\n" ); document.write( "(2) $\"+57+=+40+%2B+17+\"$
\n" ); document.write( "(2) $\"+57+=+57+\"$
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