SOLUTION: If a team lost one 1/5 of their games and they won 12 games how many games did they play

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Question 853036: If a team lost one 1/5 of their games and they won 12 games how many games did they play
Answer by josmiceli(19441)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let = the number of games they played
They lost games
They won games
given:



They played 15 games

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