SOLUTION: A soft ball team won 24 games, which was 60% of the games played. How many games did the team play?

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Question 76372: A soft ball team won 24 games, which was 60% of the games played. How many games did the team play?
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A soft ball team won 24 games, which was 60% of the games played. How many games did the team play?
What is asked in the problem?
How many games did the team play?
Given:
a soft ball team won 24 games which was 60% of the games played.

Representation:
Let n be the number of games played.

Equation:
24 is 60% of n
24 = 60% * n
Solution:
24 = .60n
24 .60n
__ = ____
.6 .6
Answer:
40 = n


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