Question 1202305
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Our baseball team lost 15 games this season. That was 5/8 of all they played. 
How many games did they played this season?
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Let x be the unknown value under the problem's question.


From this problem, we have this equation

    {{{(5/8)x}}} = 15.


Multiply both sides by {{{8/5}}}  and get the answer  x = {{{15*(8/5)}}} = 3*8 = 24.
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