SOLUTION: In a basketball league, the Falcons won 15 of their first 20 games. In order to win 60% of the total of games, how many more games will they have to play, assuming they only win h

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Question 421073: In a basketball league, the Falcons won 15 of their first 20 games. In order to win 60% of the total of games, how many more games will they have to play, assuming they only win half of the remaining games?
Answer by josmiceli(19441)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let = number of more games they will have to play
given:
= number of games they win out of more games
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They have to play 30 more games
check:





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