SOLUTION: a team plays 117 games in a season. if the team won 17 more than three times as many games as they lost, how many wins and losses did the team have?
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Question 574821: a team plays 117 games in a season. if the team won 17 more than three times as many games as they lost, how many wins and losses did the team have? Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Let wins =
Let losses =
given:
(1)
(2)
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Substitute (2) into (1)
(1)
(1)
(1)
and, since
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
The team had 92 wins and 25 losses
