SOLUTION: A baseball team has won 20 games and lost 10 games. What percent of the games did the team win?

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Question 1114417: A baseball team has won 20 games and lost 10 games. What percent of the games did the team win?
Found 2 solutions by ikleyn, Shin123:
Answer by ikleyn(52810) About Me  (Show Source):
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%2820%2F%2820%2B10%29%29%2A100 = 66.67%.


It is the ratio of the number of favorable events to the total number of events.


Answer by Shin123(626) About Me  (Show Source):
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Since they won 20 games and lost 10 games, they played 30 games in all. They won 20/30=2/3 of the games.