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document.write( "A soft ball team won 24 games, which was 60% of the games played.  How many games did the team play?\r
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document.write( "What is asked in the problem?
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document.write( "  How many games did the team play?\r
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document.write( "Given:
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document.write( "   a soft ball team won 24 games which was 60% of the games played.\r
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document.write( "Representation:
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document.write( "   Let n be the number of games played.
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document.write( "Equation:
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document.write( "   24 is 60% of n\r
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document.write( "   24 = 60% * n\r
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document.write( "Solution:
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document.write( "   24 = .60n
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document.write( "   24   .60n
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document.write( "Answer:
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document.write( "   40 = n\r
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