SOLUTION: A soft ball team won 24 games, which was 60% of the games played. How many games did the team play?

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Question 76372: A soft ball team won 24 games, which was 60% of the games played. How many games did the team play?
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A soft ball team won 24 games, which was 60% of the games played.  How many games did the team play?



What is asked in the problem?

  How many games did the team play?



Given:

   a soft ball team won 24 games which was 60% of the games played.





Representation:

   Let n be the number of games played.

  



Equation:

   24 is 60% of n



   24 = 60% * n



Solution:

   24 = .60n

   24   .60n

   __ = ____

   .6    .6



Answer:

   40 = n







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