During the 1998-1999 junior hockey league season, the sharks played 66 games. together, their wins and losses totaled 59. they tied 14 fewer games than they lost. how many games did they win that season?

We make an integer that represents the Sharks' wins, represent the losses, and represent the ties. 

We know that , , and . 

We subtract the first two equations, to get . If we plug this into the third equation, we get . 

We plug this into the first equation and get . Simplifying, we find that . 

9514 1404 393

Explanation:

The sine of an angle in standard position is the y-coordinate of the intersection of its terminal ray with the unit circle. When the angle is in the range 180° < θ < 360°, that point of intersection is in quadrant III or IV, where y-coordinates are negative.

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Alternative explanation:

That is where the sine curve is below the x-axis.