SOLUTION: A baseball team has played 9 games and won 8. What's the ratio of games won to games played so far?

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Question 1092852: A baseball team has played 9 games and won 8. What's the ratio of games won to games played so far?
Found 2 solutions by addingup, MathTherapy:
Answer by addingup(3677) About Me  (Show Source):
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Notice that, in the expression "has played 9 games and won 8", "9" came first. This order is very important, and must be respected: whichever came first should be first. In your case:
9:8

Answer by MathTherapy(10552) About Me  (Show Source):
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A baseball team has played 9 games and won 8. What's the ratio of games won to games played so far?
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