My team played 24 games. We won 4 more games than we lost. How many did we lose?

Question

My team played 24 games. We won 4 more games than we lost. How many did we lose?

how do you work out or solve problem?

Answer 1

First, what are we looking for? Lost games. Let's call that L

Won games let's call W.

We know we won 4 more games than we lost, so W = L + 4

We played 24 games total, so L + W = 24

Since we know W = L + 4, we substitute

L + (L + 4) = 24, then 2L + 4 = 24 and solve algebraically.

2L + 4 - 4 = 24 - 4

2L = 20

2L/2 = 20/2

L = 10