15) A baseball team played 165 complete games lasr season. They had 17 fewer wins than losses. How many games did the team win? A.91 B.165  C.74  D.17  16) A paint mixture contains 46 gallons of base paint for every gallon of color. In 1786 gallons of paint, how many gallons of color are there?  A.595 gal B.893 gal C.38 gal D.1748 gal

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15) A baseball team played 165 complete games lasr season. They had 17 fewer wins than losses. How many games did the team win?

A.91 B.165  C.74  D.17 

16) A paint mixture contains 46 gallons of base paint for every gallon of color. In 1786 gallons of paint, how many gallons of color are there? 

A.595 gal B.893 gal C.38 gal D.1748 gal

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