a basketball team played 68 games they won 22 more than they lost. how many games did they win? how many games did they lose?

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68/2 = 34 games if they won 0 more than they lost. If they win 1, they can' t lose 1. so 34 +22/2 = 45 wins
34 - 22/2 = 23 losses.
A hockey team played 81 games in a season. They won 1 fewer game then three times the number of ties and lost 8 fewer games then they won. How many games did they win? Lose? Tie?