Hockey team receive 2 points when they win and 1 point when they tie. One season, a team won a championship with 64 points. They won 11 more games than they tied. How many wins and how many ties did the team have?

how many ties?

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Hockey team receive 2 points when they win and 1 point when they tie. One season, a team won a championship with 64 points. They won 11 more games than they tied. How many wins and how many ties did the team have?

how many ties?

anonymous · Answer

okay...where are you at?

anonymous · Answer

I know that there are 25 wins..

anonymous · Answer

okay...how do you know that?

anonymous · Answer

2(y+11)+y=64
3y+22=64
y=14
x=14+11=25

anonymous · Answer

okay....good...so you got your equations down...so you just want to know the number of games tied...remember you set y = number of games tied correct? you also said that x = y+11
since you now have x...can you plug that in and solve for y?

anonymous · Answer

so 36

anonymous · Answer

how bout 14 instead

anonymous · Answer

14 is correct...please check your answer