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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? Answer by checkley71(8403) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! L+W=162 or L=162-W
W=2L-39
L=162-(2L-39)
L=162-2L+39
L+2L=162+201
3L=201
L=201/3
L=67 NUMBER OF LOSSES.
162-67=132 NUMBER OF WINS.
PROOF
67=162-(2*67-39)
67=162-(134-39)
67=162-95
67=67
41=162-43
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