Ratio Problems using equations

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Our soccer team won $\frac{2}{9}$ of its game this season. If we lost $15$ more games than we won, how many games did we play this season? Please give me hints DO NOT GIVE ME THE ANSWERS I tried to come up with an equation like $\frac{15+l+w}{w+l}=\frac{7}{9}$ This did not work out. Please give me tiny hints.

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Hint

Total matches played $=9x$ (let)

Thus, matches won $=2x$ and matches lost $=7x$.