Question

A baseball team played 154 regular season games. The ratio of the number of games they won to the number of games they lost was 3/4 . How many games did they​ win? How many games did they​ lose?

Answer 1

STEP 1:
3x= number of games won
4x= number of games lost
154= total games played

3x + 4x= 154
7x= 154
divide both sides by 7
x= 22

STEP 2:
find games won
=3x
=3(22)
=66 games won

STEP 3:
find games lost
=4x
=4(22)
=88 games lost

CHECK:
66 + 88= 154
154= 154

ANSWER: 66 games were won; 88 games were lost

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