Question

A professional baseball team won 84 games this season.. The team won 14 more games than it lost.. There were no ties. How many games did the team lose? How many games did they play?

Answer 1

Part 1) The team lost 70 games

Part 2) The team played 154 games

Explanation:

Part 1)

Find the number of games lost

Let

x -----> number of games won

y -----> number of games lost

we know that

x=y+14 -----> equation A

x=84 ----> equation B

Substitute equation B in equation A and solve for y

84=y+14

subtract 14 both sides

84-14=y

70=y

Rewrite

y=70 games lost

Part 2) How many games did they play?

To find out how many games were played, add the games won and the games lost

so

x+y=84+70=154 games