a professional baseball team won 84 games this season. the team won 14 more games than it lost. there were no ties. how many games did the team lose? how many did it play?

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84 - 14 = ________ games lost

87-14=70

84-14

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To determine how many games the team lost, we first need to calculate how many games it won and lost. We know that the team won a total of 84 games, and it won 14 more games than it lost.

Let's assume the number of games the team lost is represented by 'x'.

So, the number of games won would be 'x + 14', as the team won 14 more games than it lost.

The total number of games played by the team would be the sum of the games won and lost:

Total games = Games won + Games lost

Total games = (x + 14) + x

Now we can solve the equation:

Total games = 84

(x + 14) + x = 84

Combining like terms:

2x + 14 = 84

Subtracting 14 from both sides of the equation:

2x = 70

Dividing both sides of the equation by 2:

x = 35

Therefore, the team lost 35 games and played a total of 35 + 14 = 49 games.