SOLUTION: a minor league baseball team plays 130 games in a season. if the team won 14 more than three times as many games as they lost, how many wins and losses did the team have?
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Question 268774: a minor league baseball team plays 130 games in a season. if the team won 14 more than three times as many games as they lost, how many wins and losses did the team have? Answer by palanisamy(496) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Let the number of games won = x
Let the number of games lost = y
Given, x+y = 130 ...(1)
Next, x = 3y+14
x-3y = 14 ...(2)
(1)-(2)=> 4y=116
y = 116/4
y = 29
(1)=> x+29 = 130
x=130-29
x=101
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