Problema Solution

A baseball league plays 73 games in a season. If the team won 16 more than twice as many games as they lost, how many wins and losses did the team have?

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let


x = the number of wins


y = the number of losses


A baseball league plays 73 games in a season:


x + y = 73


the team won 16 more than twice as many games as they lost:


x = 16 +2y


by solving the system of equations:


x + y = 73


x = 16 +2y


we find:


x = 54 wins


y = 19 losses


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the team had 54 wins and 19 losses.