SOLUTION: If a soccer team played 9 games and that was 3/8 of their total games, how many games total did they play? How do I answer this?

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Question 882605: If a soccer team played 9 games and that was 3/8 of their total games, how many games total did they play?
How do I answer this?
Answer by Fombitz(32388) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let X be the total number of games.
%283%2F8%29X=9
3X=72
X=24