Question

The school's basketball team lost 4 times as many games as they won. They also tied 5 fewer games than they won.

If they played 43 games, how many did they lose?

Answer 1

let w won games, t tied games, s lose games

s=4w

t=w-5

s+t+w=43

4w+(w-5)+w=43

6w=48

w=7

s=4*7=21 games lost