SOLUTION: Valley High School's football team played a total of 16 games. They won twice as many games as they lost. If they tied 1 game, how many games did the team win?

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Question 484755: Valley High School's football team played a total of 16 games. They won twice as many games as they lost. If they tied 1 game, how many games did the team win?
Answer by Tatiana_Stebko(1539) About Me  (Show Source):
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Let football team lost x games, then they won 2x games, they had x%2B2x%2B1=3x%2B1 games
The equation
3x%2B1=16
3x=16-1
3x=15
x=15%2F3
x=5 lost games
Team won 2%2A5=10games