SOLUTION: A bowling team in its first 19 games has a win to loss ratio of 7:12. If the same ratio holds for the 30-game season, how many games will the bowling team win?

Question 168176: A bowling team in its first 19 games has a win to loss ratio of 7:12. If the same ratio holds for the 30-game season, how many games will the bowling team win?
Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
A bowling team in its first 19 games has a win to loss ratio of 7:12. If the same ratio holds for the 30-game season, how many games will the bowling team win?
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7:12 is the same as 7x:12x where 7x is the number of wins.
EQUATION:
7x + 12x = 30
19x = 30
x = 1.57895
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Then 7x = 7*1.57895 is approximately 11
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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