document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=988811>Question 988811</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A minor league baseball team plays 127 games in a season. If the team won 15 more than three times as many games as they&#8203; lost, how many wins and losses did the team&#8203; have?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Let x be the number of lost.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Then<BR>\n" );
document.write( "number of win=15+3x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "But the total number is 127,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Then, <BR>\n" );
document.write( "x+15+3x=127<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4x=127-15<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4x=112<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=28<BR>\n" );
document.write( " number of losses is 28.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "number of wins=15+3x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "but x=28,then<BR>\n" );
document.write( "=15+3(28)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "=15+84<BR>\n" );
document.write( "=99<BR>\n" );
document.write( "HOPE THIS HELPS?<BR>\n" );
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