SOLUTION: Our baseball team lost 15 games this season. That was 5/8 of all they played. How many games did they played this season?

Question 1202305: Our baseball team lost 15 games this season. That was 5/8 of all they played. How many games did they played this season?
Found 2 solutions by math_tutor2020, ikleyn:
Answer by math_tutor2020(3817) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

x = number of games played this season
(5/8)x = 15 = number of games lost
5x = 8*15
5x = 120
x = 120/5
x = 24

Answer: 24 games played this season.

Answer by ikleyn(52784) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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Our baseball team lost 15 games this season. That was 5/8 of all they played.
How many games did they played this season?
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Let x be the unknown value under the problem's question. From this problem, we have this equation = 15. Multiply both sides by and get the answer x = = 3*8 = 24.

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