The Gates basketball team won 80% of their games. If they won 32 games, how many games did they play?

0.8x = 32

40 To determine the total number of games the Gates basketball team played, we need to use the information given. We know that they won 80% of their games and that they won 32 games.

To find the total number of games, we can set up a proportion:

80 / 100 = 32 / x

Here, x represents the total number of games played by the team.

To solve for x, we can cross-multiply:

80 * x = 100 * 32

80x = 3200

Dividing both sides of the equation by 80 gives us:

x = 3200 / 80

x = 40

Therefore, the Gates basketball team played a total of 40 games.