Question 76372
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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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