SOLUTION: At the end of the season, the ratio of the number of games a team has won to the number of games it lost is 4:3. If the team won 12 games and each game played ended in either a win

Question 949481: At the end of the season, the ratio of the number of games a team has won to the number of games it lost is 4:3. If the team won 12 games and each game played ended in either a win or a loss, how many games did the team play during the season?
Answer by macston(5194) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
multiply both sides by x
multiply both sides by 3/4
x=9 The team lost 9 games, and since they won 12 and had no ties:
ANSWER: The team played 21 games during the season.
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