SOLUTION: How do you set a proportion for the following question? Kyle and Jenny played 65 games of checkers last month.Kyle won 40 games and Jenny won the rest.Write a proportion and s

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Question 101595: How do you set a proportion for the following question?

Kyle and Jenny played 65 games of checkers last month.Kyle won 40 games and Jenny won the rest.Write a proportion and solve to determine how many games they will have to play before Jenny can expect to win 40 games.

Answer by scott8148(6628) About Me  (Show Source):
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Jenny won 25 of 65 games. To win 40 games, she has to play x

25%2F65=40%2Fx ... 25x=2600 ... x=104