Question

A baseball team played 130 games in a season. If it won sixteen more games

twice as many games as it lost, how many wins and losses did the team have?​

Answer 1

The team has 92 wins and 38 losses.

Explanation:

In a season 130 games are played by a baseball team.

Let us assume that the team wins x games and losses y games.

Therefore, we can write, x + y=130....... (1)

It is given that if the team won sixteen more games twice as many games as it lost.

So, we can conclude that x =2y+16 ......(2)

Hence, solving equations (1) and (2) we get, (2y+16) + y =130

⇒ 3y = 114

⇒ y =38

And from equation (2), x = 2×38 + 16 = 92

Therefore, the team has 92 wins and 38 losses. (Answer)