Can anyone help me set this word problem up please? A minor league baseball team plays 97 games in a season. if the team won 13 more than three times as many games as they lost, how many wins and loses did the team have?

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auctoratrox · Answer

let x represent the number of losses. so now the # of games won is represented by 3x+13, now add them both and set equal to 97. so we get 3x+13+x=97. do you get how I did that?

lgbasallote · Answer

let w = number of winds
l = number of lose

it says they played 97  games so

w + l = 97

it also says that the team won 13 more than 3 times the number of games they lost so

win  = 13 + 3 x lose
w = 13 + 3x

anonymous · Answer

yes, that makes sense. thank you