SOLUTION: A minor league baseball team plays 132 games in a season. If the team won 16 more than three times as many games as they lost, how many wins and losses did the team have?

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Question 208169: A minor league baseball team plays 132 games in a season. If the team won 16 more than three times as many games as they lost, how many wins and losses did the team have?
Answer by rfer(16322) About Me  (Show Source):
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3x+16+x=132
4x=116
x=29 lost
3x+16=103 wins