Question

A football team has P points.

P= 3W + D
Wis the number of wins.
D is the number of draws.
a) A team has 5 wins and 3 draws.
How many points does the team have?
b) After 35 games a different team has 50 points.
14 games were draws.
How many games has this team lost?

Answer 1

a)18 points

Explanation:

a)

`p = 3(w) + d`

therefore

`p = 3(5 \: wins ) + 3 \: draws`

find the product of 5 and 3

`p = 15 + 3`

`p = 18`

B) how many games lost

`3x + 14 = 50`

`3x + 14 - 14 = 50 - 14`

`3x = 36`

`(3x)/(3) = (36)/(3)`

`x = 12 \: games \: won|`total Games= Games won + games drawn + games lost

`35 = 12 + 14 + x`

`35 - 26 = 26 - 26 + x`

`* = 18 \: games \: lost`