SOLUTION: A baseball team won 18 games,which was 40% of it's season. How many games did the team lose? I'm really confused please help me

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Question 885045: A baseball team won 18 games,which was 40% of it's season. How many games did the team lose?

I'm really confused please help me
Answer by solver91311(24713) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!


Let represent the total games in the season. Then



Solve for then calculate

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