Question

A football team has P points.

P = 3W + D

W is the number of wins

D is the number of draws

If a team has 53 points from 33 games, with 11 draws, how many games did the team lose

Answer 1

They must have lost 19 games.

Explanation:

If you plug in 53 into the equation, you get 53 = 3w + 11. You subtract 11 from both sides, resulting in 42 = 3w. You divide 3 from both sides this time, resulting in 14 = w. Since W is the number of wins, and you're trying to figure out games lost, you subtract 14 from the number of games played, so 33-14 is equal to 19.