document.write( "Question 109664: Hockey teams get 2 points in the standing for a win, one point for a tie, and no points for a loss. If a team has 27 points, and has 4 more wins than ties, how many wins do they have ? \n" ); document.write( "
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Hockey teams get 2 points in the standing for a win, one point for a tie, and no points for a loss. If a team has 27 points, and has 4 more wins than ties, how many wins do they have ?
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\n" ); document.write( "Let number of wins be \"w\"; let number of ties be \"t\".
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\n" ); document.write( "2w+t=27
\n" ); document.write( "w = t+4
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\n" ); document.write( "Rearrange:
\n" ); document.write( "t = -2w+27
\n" ); document.write( "t = w - 4
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\n" ); document.write( "Substitue to solve for \"w\":
\n" ); document.write( "-2w+27 = w-4
\n" ); document.write( "3w = 31
\n" ); document.write( "w = 31/3
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\n" ); document.write( "Comment: w should turn out to be a whole number. Check your
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