Assuming the question is something like "how many wins/losses": let's call [tex] w [/tex] the number of wins and [tex] l [/tex] the number of l = 74. Since the team played [tex] 74 [/tex] games, we have
[tex] w+l=74 [/tex]
But we also know that they won 26 more than they lost, which in formula becomes
[tex] w=l+26 [/tex]
Substitute this expression in the first equation to get
[tex] w+l = (l+26)+l=74 \iff 2l+26=74 \iff 2l = 48 \iff l=24 [/tex]
So, they lost [tex] 24 [/tex] matches, and since there are [tex] 74 [/tex] in total, they won [tex] 74-24 = 50 [/tex] matches.
