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OpenStudy (anonymous):

A minor baseball team plays 101 games a season. If the team won 17 more than twice as many games they lost, how many wins and losses did the team have?

OpenStudy (ranga):

Let W be the number of Wins and L be the number of losses. W + L = 101 ---- (1) W = 2L + 17 ----- (2) Solve for W and L.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

19? right?

OpenStudy (ranga):

I am not getting 19 either for W or L.

OpenStudy (ranga):

From equation 2) we get W is 2L+17. Replace W in the first equation by 2L + 17, simplify and solve for L. Then solve for W.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

28?

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