SOLUTION: A baseball team wins 11 of its 25 games with no ties. Write the ratio of wins to losses.
Help would this be 11/25? Or is there more to the answer?
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Question 112632: A baseball team wins 11 of its 25 games with no ties. Write the ratio of wins to losses.
Help would this be 11/25? Or is there more to the answer? Answer by bucky(2189) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! There is more to the answer. You play 25 games and win 11. That means that of the 25 games played,
you lose 14 games [25 games - 11 wins = 14 losses].
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So the ratio of wins to losses is 11 wins divided by 14 losses or:
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The ratio of is the ratio of wins to games played.
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Hope this helps you to understand the problem a little more ...
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