Question 462174
a minor league baseball team plays 98 games in a season. if the team won 14 more than three times as many games they lost, how many wins and losses did the team have?


x = number of losses
3x + 14 = number of wins


x + 3x + 14 = 98 {number of wins plus number of losses equals total of 98}
4x + 14 = 98 {combined like terms}
4x = 84 {subtracted 14 from both sides}
x = 21 {divided both sides by 4}
3x + 14 = 77 {substituted 21, in for x, into 3x + 14}


21 losses and 77 wins
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