SOLUTION: A baseball team won 8 games and lost 3. What is the ratio of wins to games played?

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Question 250556: A baseball team won 8 games and lost 3. What is the ratio of wins to games played?

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Answer by stanbon(75887)   (Show Source):
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A baseball team won 8 games and lost 3. What is the ratio of wins to games played?
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8:11
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Cheers,
Stan H.

Answer by richwmiller(17219)   (Show Source):
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played =8+3=11
won=8
won/played=ratio of won to played
plug in appropriate numbers

Answer by lmshelly0118(1)   (Show Source):
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8/3 since you looking for wins it goes first if you were looking for loses it would be 3/8