document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1030931>Question 1030931</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A minor league baseball team plays 96 games in a season if the team won 16 more than three times as many games as they lost how many wins and losses did the team have? </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #645706 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=fractalier><B>fractalier(6550)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=fractalier><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=fractalier><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=645706\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Call the number of games they won and lost, x and y.  Then we write<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x + y = 96 and<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 3y + 16<BR>\n" );
document.write( "we can substitute the second into the first and get<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(3y+16) + y = 96<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4y + 16 = 96<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4y = 80<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y = 20<BR>\n" );
document.write( "which means they won<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 76<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Not a bad season, really...76-20... </SPAN>\n" );
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