Problema Solution

A baseball team played 12 games. The team won three times as many games as they lost. How many games did the team win?

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let


x = the number of games won


y = the number of games lost


A baseball team played 12 games:


x + y = 12


The team won three times as many games as they lost:


x = 3y


by solving the system of equations:


x + y = 12


x = 3y


we find:


x = 9 won games


y = 3 lost games


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the team won 9 games.