SOLUTION: At the end of the season, the ratio of the number of games a team has won to the number of games it lost is 4:3. If the team won 12 games and each game played ended in either a win
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Question 949481: At the end of the season, the ratio of the number of games a team has won to the number of games it lost is 4:3. If the team won 12 games and each game played ended in either a win or a loss, how many games did the team play during the season? Answer by macston(5194) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! multiply both sides by x multiply both sides by 3/4
x=9 The team lost 9 games, and since they won 12 and had no ties:
ANSWER: The team played 21 games during the season.
