document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1209083>Question 1209083</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Our badminton team has finished $60\%$ of its season.  So far, we have won $90\%$ of the games we played.  What percent of the remainder of our games must we win in order to finish the season with the same number of wins as losses? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Our badminton team has finished 60% of its season. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "So far, we have won 90% of the games we played. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "What percent of the remainder of our games must we win in order <BR>\n" );
document.write( "to finish the season with the same number of wins as losses?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "n = number of games in the entire season\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Your team has played 0.6n games so far.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "0.9*0.6n = 0.54n = number of games won.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "At this point, &nbsp;just &nbsp;MORE &nbsp;THAN &nbsp;0.5n &nbsp;games &nbsp;just won <BR>\n" );
document.write( "(which is more than one half of all games).  \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So, it is just &nbsp;NOT &nbsp;POSSIBLE &nbsp;to get &nbsp;0.5n, &nbsp;even if all the rest &nbsp;40% &nbsp;of the remaining games are lost.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<U>THE CONCLUSION</U>.  &nbsp;&nbsp;The question in the post, &nbsp;and, &nbsp;hence, the entire problem in the post <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The desired event can only happen if you rewind time back into the past <BR>\n" );
document.write( "and lose several games that were won earlier.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Please do not send your anathema to me for pointing error/errors in your post,\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "as some other semi-idiots at this forum do, when I point to their errors in their posts.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Better, &nbsp;post your &nbsp;\" THANKS \" &nbsp;to me, &nbsp;as normal civilized people do <BR>\n" );
document.write( "(as it is commonly accepted among civilized people).\r<BR>\n" );
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