The school basketball team has won 160 games in their history. The school volleyball team has won only half this much. Last year, there were 16 people on the basketball team and 15 people on the volleyball team. The school football team has won 18 fewer games than the school basketball team in their history. The school band plays at every home football game, but only plays at away games when the weather is good. How many games has the school football team won in all?

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Vance Berg

31 May, 19:24

The school basketball team has won 160 games in their history. The school volleyball team has won only half this much. Last year, there were 16 people on the basketball team and 15 people on the volleyball team. The school football team has won 18 fewer games than the school basketball team in their history. The school band plays at every home football game, but only plays at away games when the weather is good. How many games has the school football team won in all?

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Garrett Adams · Answer 1

You're going to want to take out any unnecessary information, which is implemented to confuse you. This includes information regarding the volleyball team and the school band. You're trying to find how many games the school football team has won in all. You know that the basketball team has won 160 games in their history. You also know that the football team has won 18 fewer games than the school basketball team in their history. 160 - 18, which gives you your answer: 142 games.