Question

A baseball team played 149 complete games last season. They had 31 fewer wins than losses. How many games did the team win?

Answer 1

They won less than half their games.

What is your answer?

Answer 2

Let x = number of games won.

x + x + 31 = 149

2x = 118

x = ?

Answer 3

59!

Answer 4

Yay! :-)

Right. They won 59 games.