SOLUTION: A football team has won 54 out of 75 games played. With 45 games still to go, what percentage of these must be won to give the team a record for the season of 60% games won out of

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Question 767885: A football team has won 54 out of 75 games played. With 45 games still to go, what percentage of these must be won to give the team a record for the season of 60% games won out of all games played?
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A football team has won 54 out of 75 games played. With 45 games still to go, what percentage of these must be won to give the team a record for the season of 60% games won out of all games played?
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let x=number of remaining games that must be won
%2854%2Bx%29%2F%2875%2B45%29=.60
%2854%2Bx%29%2F%28120%29=.60
54+x=72
x=18
percentage of remaining 45 games that must be won=18/45=2/5=40%