SOLUTION: In the 2008 regular baseball season, the Tampa Bay Rays won 33 fewer than twice as many games as they lost. They played 162 regular-season games. How many wins and losses did the t

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Question 499387: In the 2008 regular baseball season, the Tampa Bay Rays won 33 fewer than twice as many games as they lost. They played 162 regular-season games. How many wins and losses did the team have?
Answer by josmiceli(19441) About Me  (Show Source):
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Let W = number of wins
Let L = number of losses
given:
+W+%2B+L+=+162+
+W+=+2L+-33+
By substitution:
+2L+-+33+%2B+L+=+162+
+3L+=+162+%2B+33+
+3L+=+195+
+L+=+65+
And
+W+=+162+-+65+
+W+=+97+
There were 65 losses and 97 wins