Question 702059: Hi, I need help in solving this question.
5:3 and the losers scored 77 points, how many does the other team have?
Answer by RedemptiveMath(80)   (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! I'm assuming that 5:3 is the ratio of the winning team's score to the losing team's score. Therefore, the ratio of these two scores must be equivalent to 5:3, or the fractions 5/3 and winning/losing (scores) must be equal. (Ratios can be written as fractions.) Since we do not know the winning team's score, we can use a variable to stand in its place. We can solve for this variable by using cross multiplication:
5/3 = x/77
3x = 385
x ≈ 128.3 points.
Rounding down, the winning team would have 128 points if the losing team had 77 and the ratio between them is 5:3.
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