SOLUTION: a tean won 3 of its first 7 games. By winning all its remaining games, it ended with 6 wins out of every 7 games played. In all, how many games did the team play?

Algebra.Com
Question 428845: a tean won 3 of its first 7 games. By winning all its remaining games, it ended with 6 wins out of every 7 games played. In all, how many games did the team play?
Answer by htmentor(1343)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let x = the number of remaining games
Then the ratio of games played to games won is:

Solve for x:


RELATED QUESTIONS

A team in the NBA has won 30 of its first 40 games. How many wins must the team have in... (answered by Cromlix)
A team lost 30% of its games. It won 14 games. How many games did they play in... (answered by jim_thompson5910)
a football team has won 4 out of 7 games played. if there are 16 games in a season, how... (answered by xcentaur)
A basketball team has won 10 games & lost 2. If the team wins the remaining games they... (answered by aaaaaaaa)
A football team win 7 games which is 35% of total games played. How many games were... (answered by josh_jordan)
in last session a team won 3/4 of games and lost 7/5 of games, how many games did they... (answered by Fombitz)
A and B play 12 games of chess of which 6 are won by A, 4 are won by B, 2 ends in a draw. (answered by Fombitz)
Winning Percentage. In a basketball league, the Falcons won 15 of their first 20 games.... (answered by sudhanshu_kmr)
A team won exactly 4 of their first 15 games. They then played N remaining games and won... (answered by ankor@dixie-net.com)