A minor league baseball team plays 77 games in a season. If the team won 17 more than twice ad many lost how many wins and losses did the team have?"

Question

A minor league baseball team plays 77 games in a season. If the team won 17 more than twice ad many lost how many wins and losses did the team have?"

 

 

Answer 1

17 more tells us to add 17

Twice as many is telling us to multiply by 2

 

We'll call

w = games won

L = games lost

 

w + L = 77 since total games was 77

 

w = 2L + 17

 

Substituting this w into the first equation

 

(2L + 17) + L = 77

3L = 60

L = 20

 

w = 2L + 17

w = 2(20) + 17

w = 57