Question

Hockey teams receive 2 points when they win and 1 point when they tie. One season, a team won a championship with 51 points They won 9 more games than they tied. How many wins and how many times did the team have? How many wins did the team have?

Answer 1

Given all of these,

let Let y and x be the number of wins and ties, and since the team won 9 more games than they tied, you can express as :

y = x + 9

and win for 2 pts, tie for 1 pt,

2y + x = 51

==> 2(x+9) + x = 51 ====> 3x = 33, x = 11

y = 20

so 20 wins and 11 ties