If Jennifer's basketball team won twice as many games as they lost, let's assume they lost x games.
Accordingly, they won 2x games.
The total number of games played is x + 2x = 18.
Combining like terms, we get 3x = 18.
Dividing both sides of the equation by 3, we find that x = 6.
Therefore, they lost 6 games. Answer choice E is correct.
Jennifer's basketball team played 18 games this season, and they won twice as many games as they lost. How many games did they lose?
Responses
A 66
B 99
C 1212
D 1515
E 17
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