Question

A professional baseball team won 84 games this season.  The team won 14 more games than it lost.  There were no ties.  How many games did the team lose?  How many did it play?

Answer 1

If we know that team won 84 games and its 14 more than they lost we can find number of lost game by calculating 84-14=70 - number of games lost
To find number of played match we can just add won and lost games
84+70=154 

Answer 2

84 -14 to find out how many games they lost to find how many games they played add how many games were lost and how many games they won which is 84+60=154