SOLUTION: A soccer team won 3/8 of its games. If it lost 8 more games than it won, how many games did the team play?

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Question 447816: A soccer team won 3/8 of its games. If it lost 8 more games than it won, how many games did the team play?
Answer by robertb(5830) About Me  (Show Source):
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let g = number of games played.
==> %283g%29%2F8 = games won
==> %285g%29%2F8 = games lost
==> %283g%29%2F8++%2B+8+=+%285g%29%2F8
==> 8+=+%282g%29%2F8, or 8 = g/4 ==> g = 32, total number of games played.