SOLUTION: if a basketball team played 64 games and won 34 more games than loss answer is 15 and 49 how do we get this

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Question 316935: if a basketball team played 64 games and won 34 more games than loss answer is 15 and 49 how do we get this
Found 2 solutions by tinbar, Fombitz:
Answer by tinbar(133) About Me  (Show Source):
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loss+win = 64
win = 34+loss
plug in the second statement into the first
loss+(34+loss) = 64
therefore loss = (64-34)/2 = 15
and from either statement 1 or 2 we can get the wins
win = 34+loss = 34+15 = 49

Answer by Fombitz(32388) About Me  (Show Source):
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Let W be the wins, L be the losses.
1.W%2BL=64
2.W=34%2BL
Substitute eq. 2 into eq. 1,
%2834%2BL%29%2BL=64
34%2B2L=64
2L=30
highlight%28L=15%29
Then from eq. 2,
W=34%2B15
highlight%28W=49%29