SOLUTION: In a soccer tournament the winning team gets 3 points, the losing team gets 0 points, and in a tie both teams get 1 point each. My team played 31 games and received 64 points. 7 of

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Question 1072384: In a soccer tournament the winning team gets 3 points, the losing team gets 0 points, and in a tie both teams get 1 point each. My team played 31 games and received 64 points. 7 of the games were ties. How many games did my team lose?
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In a soccer tournament the winning team gets 3 points, the losing team gets 0 points, and in a tie both teams get 1 point each. My team played 31 games and received 64 points. 7 of the games were ties. How many games did my team lose?
Thank you
The team lost: highlight_green%28matrix%281%2C2%2C+5%2C+games%29%29

Can you figure out how I derived that?