Question

a professinal 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 game lose? How many did it play?

Answer 1

The team lost 70 games and played 154 games in total.

Explanation :

Since they lost won 14 games more than they lost, you subtract the amount of games won by 14.

84 - 14 = 70

Then, since their were no ties, you add the amount of times lost and won to find how many games they played.

84 + 70 = 154