Question

The football team played 15 games this season and won three more games than it lost. How many games did the team lose?

Answer 1

w = won game

l = lost game

w + l = 15

and

w = I + 3

so

l + 3 + l = 15

2l = 12

l = 6

lost = 6

won = 9

Answer 2

The ratio of wins to losses is 3 to 1, out of 32 total games. 3:1 has a total of 4 parts (3+1).

Total games divided by total parts is 32/4 = 8.

Now multiplying number of parts to divisor gives us 3x8 : 1x8 or 24:8. Therefore they won 24 games, lost 8.

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