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Question -
A football team has P points .
P = 3W + D
W Is the number of wins .
D is the number of draws .
a) A team has 5 wins and 3 draws .
How many points does the team have ?
b) After 35 games , a team has 50 points .
14 games were draws .
How many games has this team lost ?
Solution -
In the above Question , the following information is given -
A football team has P points .
P = 3W + D
W Is the number of wins .
D is the number of draws .
a) A team has 5 wins and 3 draws .
So ,
W = 5
D = 3
Substituting these values into the formula -
P = 3 × 5 + 3
=> P = 18 .
Hence , this team has 18 points .
b) After 35 games , a team has 50 points .
14 games were draws .
So ,
Remaining number of games -
=> 35 - 14 = 21
Now , some of these games were wins and some were losses .
Let the number of wins be W
Now ,
50 = 3W + 14
=> 3W = 36
=> W = 12
=> Losses = 21 - W
=> 21 - 9
=> 12
Hence , there are 12 losses .
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