Question

the Lakers won 17 more than twice as many games as they lost if m is equal to the number of games they lost then write an expression for the number of games they won what is the number of games the Lakers lost if they won 43 games​

Answer 1

Part a) An expression for the number of games they won is equal to
`2m+17`

Part b) The number of games that the Lakers lost is
`13`

Explanation:

Part a)

Let

y-------> the number of games that the Lakers won

m-------> the number of games that the Lakers lost

we know that

`y=2m+17` -------> linear equation that represent the situation

Part b)

For
`y=43`

substitute in the equation and solve for m

`43=2m+17`

`2m=43-17`

`m=26/2=13`