Question 1043256
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a basketball team had a ratio of wins to losses of 3 to 1.after winning six games in a row, 
the team's ratio of wins to losses was 5 to 1. how many games had the team won before it won the six games?
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{{{W/L}}} = 3,        (1)
{{{(W+6)/L}}} = 5.    (2)


Now distract equation (1) from equation (2) (both sides). You will get

{{{(W + 6)/L - W/L}}} = 5-3,  or

{{{6/L}}} = 2.

It gives you  L = {{{6/2}}} = 3.

Then from (1)  W = 3L = 3*3 = 9.

<U>Answer</U>. 9 won.
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