Question 1202305: Our baseball team lost 15 games this season. That was 5/8 of all they played. How many games did they played this season? Found 2 solutions by math_tutor2020, ikleyn:Answer by math_tutor2020(3817) (Show Source):
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x = number of games played this season
(5/8)x = 15 = number of games lost
5x = 8*15
5x = 120
x = 120/5
x = 24
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Our baseball team lost 15 games this season. That was 5/8 of all they played.
How many games did they played this season?
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Let x be the unknown value under the problem's question.
From this problem, we have this equation
= 15.
Multiply both sides by and get the answer x = = 3*8 = 24.
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