Question
hockey teams receive 2 points for every game won and i point for every tie. One year a team won a championship with 66 points. They won 12 more games than they tied, how many wins and how many ties did the team receive?
Answers
No. of wins = W
No. of ties = T
W - T = 12
2W + T = 66
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Add them together and you get
3W = 78
Therefore W = 26
Now solve for the number of ties using either of the first two equations
If you have not been taught algebra, just keep trying different numbers of wins, with twelve fewer ties, until you get 66 points.
No. of ties = T
W - T = 12
2W + T = 66
====================
Add them together and you get
3W = 78
Therefore W = 26
Now solve for the number of ties using either of the first two equations
If you have not been taught algebra, just keep trying different numbers of wins, with twelve fewer ties, until you get 66 points.