document.write( "Question 99646: baseball season, team A won the most games of any major league team. Team A won 39 less than twice as many games as they lost. They played 162 regular- season games. How many wins and losses did team A have? \n" ); document.write( "
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L+W=162 or L=162-W
\n" ); document.write( "W=2L-39
\n" ); document.write( "L=162-(2L-39)
\n" ); document.write( "L=162-2L+39
\n" ); document.write( "L+2L=162+201
\n" ); document.write( "3L=201
\n" ); document.write( "L=201/3
\n" ); document.write( "L=67 NUMBER OF LOSSES.
\n" ); document.write( "162-67=132 NUMBER OF WINS.
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\n" ); document.write( "67=162-(2*67-39)
\n" ); document.write( "67=162-(134-39)
\n" ); document.write( "67=162-95
\n" ); document.write( "67=67
\n" ); document.write( "41=162-43
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