Question

A baseball pitcher won

80% of the games he
pitched. If he pitched 48
winning ballgames, how
many total games did he
pitch?

Answer 1

If 80% of the games he pitched were winning ballgames, then 100% - 80% = 20% of the games he pitched were not winning ballgames.

Since 48 games represent 80% of the total number of games he pitched, then 48 / 0.8 = <<48/0.8=60>>60 games represent 100% of the games he pitched.

Thus, he pitched a total of 60 games. Answer: {60}.

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