Homework Help: algebra

Posted by akaray on Thursday, December 17, 2009 at 1:52pm.

Hockey teams receive 2 points when they win and 1 point when they tie. One season, a team won a championship with 64 points. They won 11 more games than they tied. How many wins and how many ties did the team have?

Wins?___
Ties ____

algebra - Marth, Thursday, December 17, 2009 at 8:05pm
let w = the number of wins
let t = the number of ties.

"Hockey teams receive 2 points when they win and 1 point when they tie. One season, a team won a championship with 64 points."
2w + t = 64

"They won 11 more games than they tied."
w = t+11

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