Question

3 The Hawks soccer team played a total of 24 games. They won 6 more games than they lost, and they tied 2 games. How many games did they win?

Answer 1

They won 14 games. If you subtract 2 ( the ties ) you are left with 22. Subtract 6 ( games more won than loss) you get 16. Then divide by two and get 8. 8 + 6 = 14.

Answer 2

14 games.

Explanation:

Let x represent number of games lost by Hawks.

We have been given that the Hawks won 6 more games than they lost. So number of games won by Hawks would be
`x+6`.

We have been given that they played a total of 24 games and tied in 2 games, so total game won or lost by Hawks would be
`24-2=22`.

Now we will equate sum of games won and lost by 22 as:

`x+x+6=22`

`2x+6=22`

`2x+6-6=22-6`

`2x=16`

`(2x)/(2)=(16)/(2)`

`x=8`

Number of games won by Hawks would be
`x+6\Rightarrow 8+6=14`

Therefore, Hawks won 14 games.