Problema Solution

A basketball team played 82 games and won 10 more than it lost. Find the number of games the team won.

Answer provided by our tutors

let 10 more wins = 10+x 

 

lose = x 

 

then, x+(10+x) = 82 

 

2x+10 = 82 ==> x = 36 

 

which is 36 losses and 46 wins