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Question 1043256: a basketball team had a ratio of wins to losses of 3 to 1.after winning six games in a row, the team's ratio of wins to losses was 5 to 1. how many games had the team won before it won the six games? Answer by ikleyn(52817) (Show Source):
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a basketball team had a ratio of wins to losses of 3 to 1.after winning six games in a row,
the team's ratio of wins to losses was 5 to 1. how many games had the team won before it won the six games?
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= 3, (1)
= 5. (2)
Now distract equation (1) from equation (2) (both sides). You will get
= 5-3, or
= 2.
It gives you L = = 3.
Then from (1) W = 3L = 3*3 = 9.
Answer. 9 won.
