document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1109227>Question 1109227</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A minor league baseball team  plays 117 games. If the team won 17 more than 3 times as many games as they lost, how many WINS and losses did they have? Just formula please<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Writing the formula is easy, once you have made a clear definition of the variable you are going to use.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "Let x be the number of games the team lost.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "Then what is the expression for the number of games they won (17 more than 3 times the number they lost)?<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "Then what is the equation (not formula) that says the total number of games (won plus lost) is 117? </SPAN>\n" );
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