SOLUTION: The Lions have won 40 of their first 74 baseball games. How many of the remaining 66 games must the team win to win 60% of their games?

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Question 186783: The Lions have won 40 of their first 74 baseball games. How many of the remaining 66 games must the team win to win 60% of their games?
Answer by D13E12(2) About Me  (Show Source):
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60% of (74+66) = 120*60/100=72.
Now they already won 40 out of 74.
Hence they should win 32 out of remaining 66 games so that over all they win 60% of the mathces