menu
Qammunity.org
Login
Register
My account
Edit my Profile
Private messages
My favorites
Ask a Question
Questions
Unanswered
Tags
Categories
Ask a Question
A minor league baseball team plays 72 games in a season. If the team won 15 more than twice as many games as they lost, how many wins and losses did the team have?
asked
Jul 20, 2018
150k
views
3
votes
A minor league baseball team plays 72 games in a season. If the team won 15 more than twice as many games as they lost, how many wins and losses did the team have?
Mathematics
college
Fladdimir
asked
by
Fladdimir
7.5k
points
answer
comment
share this
share
0 Comments
Please
log in
or
register
to add a comment.
Please
log in
or
register
to answer this question.
1
Answer
3
votes
x = games won
y = games lost
x + y = 72
x = 2y + 15
2y + 15 + y = 72
3y + 15 = 72
3y = 72 - 15
3y = 57
y = 57/3
y = 19 <=== lost games
x = 2y + 15
x = 2(19) + 15
x = 53 <=== won games
Amorfis
answered
Jul 25, 2018
by
Amorfis
9.2k
points
ask related question
comment
share this
0 Comments
Please
log in
or
register
to add a comment.
← Prev Question
Next Question →
Related questions
asked
Oct 28, 2017
19.1k
views
a minor league baseball team plays 122 games in a season. If the team won 14 more that three times as many as the lost, how many wins and losses did the team have?
Kdhp
asked
Oct 28, 2017
by
Kdhp
8.1k
points
Mathematics
college
1
answer
3
votes
19.1k
views
asked
Jan 17, 2018
29.4k
views
a minor league baseball team plays 114 games in a season. if the team won 14 more than three times as many games as they lost, how many wins and losses did the team have?
AdrianEddy
asked
Jan 17, 2018
by
AdrianEddy
8.2k
points
Mathematics
middle-school
2
answers
0
votes
29.4k
views
asked
Feb 20, 2018
143k
views
A minor league baseball team plays 80 games in a season. if the team won 14 more than twicetwice as many games as they lost, how many wins and losses did the team have?
Jens Grabarske
asked
Feb 20, 2018
by
Jens Grabarske
8.1k
points
Business
high-school
1
answer
0
votes
143k
views
Ask a Question
Welcome to QAmmunity.org, where you can ask questions and receive answers from other members of our community.
9.4m
questions
12.2m
answers
Other Questions
How do you can you solve this problem 37 + y = 87; y =
How do you estimate of 4 5/8 X 1/3
i have a field 60m long and 110 wide going to be paved i ordered 660000000cm cubed of cement how thick must the cement be to cover field
A dealer sells a certain type of chair and a table for $40. He also sells the same sort of table and a desk for $83 or a chair and a desk for $77. Find the price of a chair, table, and of a desk.
Mr. Jacob is 55 years old and tony is 7 years old. in how many years will mr. Jacobs be 4 times as old as Tony
Twitter
WhatsApp
Facebook
Reddit
LinkedIn
Email
Link Copied!
Copy
Search Qammunity.org