document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1196620>Question 1196620</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> I don't really understand how to do this problem and would appreciate to know the steps. \"In the previous baseball season, team A won the most games of any major league team. Team A won 36 less than twice as many games as they lost. They played 162<BR>\n" );
document.write( "regular-season games. How many wins and losses did team A have?\" <--- word problem\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "let games as they won be <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=x ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"x\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "and games as they lost be <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=y ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"y\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "total games played <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=162+ ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"162+\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( " <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=x%2By=162 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"x%2By=162\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >.........eq.1\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "if team A won <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=36 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"36\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > less than <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=twice ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"twice\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > as many games as they<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=+lost ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"+lost\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >, we have\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=x=2y-36 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"x=2y-36\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >............eq.2, substitute in eq.1\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( " <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=2y-36%2By=162 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"2y-36%2By=162\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >........solve for <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=y ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"y\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=3y=162%2B36 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"3y=162%2B36\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=3y=198 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"3y=198\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=y=66 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"y=66\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "go to\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=x=2%2A66-36 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"x=2%2A66-36\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=x=132-36 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"x=132-36\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=x=96 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"x=96\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "  team A did have  <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=96 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"96\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > wins and  <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=66 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"66\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > losses\r<BR>\n" );
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