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22 June, 06:29

Collins Middle School's basketball team won 75% of their games. If they lost 4 games, how many games did they win?

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  1. 22 June, 08:37
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    12

    Step-by-step explanation:

    We are told that the school won 75% of the games, this means that the school lost:

    100% - 75% = 25%

    the school lost 25% of the games that equate to 4 games:

    Games Percentage

    4 ⇔ 25%

    I will call 'x' the number of games that they won, which is the 75%:

    Games Percentage

    4 ⇔ 25%

    x ⇔ 75%

    we can solve this problem using the rule of three: multiply the cross quantities on the table (4 by 75) and then we divide by the remaining number on the table (25), thus the number of games they won is:

    x = 4*75/25

    x = 300/25

    x = 12

    they won 12 games

    Another (perhaps simpler) way to find this same result is:

    we know that 25% equals 4 games,

    if we want 75%, this is 3 times more than 25% (because 25% times 3 is 75%) thus, the result (number of games they won) is 3 times more than 4:

    4 * 3 = 12
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