Choose the equation that models the word problem. A football team won 33 games in the first three seasons. The team played a total of 48 games over the three seasons. How many games did they lose overall? Let g represent the number of games that the team did not win in the first three seasons. A. g - 33 = 48 B. g - 48 = 33 C. g + 33 = 48 D. 33g = 48

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Brylee

14 April, 02:44

Choose the equation that models the word problem. A football team won 33 games in the first three seasons. The team played a total of 48 games over the three seasons. How many games did they lose overall? Let g represent the number of games that the team did not win in the first three seasons. A. g - 33 = 48 B. g - 48 = 33 C. g + 33 = 48 D. 33g = 48

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Dominique Randolph · Answer 1

C. It should be equal to 48 because that is the total number of games. It should be + 33 so you can subtract 33 from both sides to see how many games the football team lost.