Problema Solution
Hockey team receive 2 points when they win and 1 point when they tie. One season a team on a championship with 63 points. THey won 9 more games hten they tied. How many wins and how may ties did they ahve
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let the number of game won is x and tied is y
thus total point is
2x+y=63
again x= y+9
hence
2(y+9)+y=63
=> 2y+18+y=63
=> 3y= 45
=> y= 15
x=24
won 24 tie =15