A basketball team played 62 games. They won 26 more than they lost. How many games did they win

Question

How many games did they win? How many games did they lose?

Answer 1

The important thing to focus on in these kinds of problems is the total, 62.

Now, set up the Equations:

 

won games + lost games=62

 

won games= 26+ L

lost games= L

 

Therefore,

(26+L) + L= 62

2L=36

L= 18

This means they lost 18 games.

But how many did they win?

won games= L +26

won games= 18 + 26

won games= 44 

 

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