Question 1196620

I don't really understand how to do this problem and would appreciate to know the steps. "In the previous baseball season, team A won the most games of any major league team. Team A won 36 less than twice as many games as they lost. They played 162
regular-season games. How many wins and losses did team A have?" <--- word problem

-Ariel
<pre>Just ONE (1) variable is needed to solve this!

Let number of losses be L
Then number of wins = 2L - 36
With number of games played being 162, we get: L + 2L - 36 = 162
                                                        3L = 162 + 36
                                                        3L = 198
                               <font color = red><font size = 4><b>Number of losses,</font></font></b> or {{{highlight_green(matrix(1,5, L, "=", 198/3, "=", highlight(66)))}}}

                               <font color = red><font size = 4><b>Number of wins:</font></font></b> {{{highlight_green(matrix(1,5, 162 - 66, or, 2(66) - 36, "=", highlight(96)))}}}

                               It's as SIMPLE as that!</pre>