SOLUTION: A minor league baseball team plays 154 games in a season. On a certain date a team has won 40 and lost 20 games. How many of the remaining games must the team win to finish the se

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Question 253459: A minor league baseball team plays 154 games in a season. On a certain date a team has won 40 and lost 20 games. How many of the remaining games must the team win to finish the season winning approximately 65 percent of the games?
(A) 60 (B) 80 (C) 90 (D) 94 (E) 100
Answer by vksarvepalli(154) About Me  (Show Source):
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65% of the games will be 65/100 * 154 = 100.1 so 100 games
till now they have won 40 and lost 20
but they have to win 100 games
so they have to win 60 of the remaining games they play