The Mt. Vernon Christian High basketball
team played 24 games during the basket-
ball season. They won 4 games more than
they lost. How many games did they win?
Let x represent the number of games they lost. Then they won 24 + x games. Since the team played 70 games, x + (24 + x) = 70. Thus 2x + 24 = 70. Dividing both sides of the equation by 2, we have x + 12 = 35. Hence, x = 35 - 12 = 23.
