The Cougars won 62% of their games. They won 93 games. How many games did they lose?
I'm not exactly sure how to approach this I tried to divide 93 by .62 but that didn't quite exactly work out and I'm not sure how to find the whole with only different ways of putting the games that they won.
You're on the right track.
0.62x = 93
x = 93/0.62
x = 150 games played
150 - 93 = ______ games lost
wait so it would be 57 games lost because I got that and I just thought the number was wrong
Total number of games=x, therefore 62% of x=93,find x.then number of games lost=x-93
Yes, they lost 57 games.
It makes sense. They won more than half of their 150 games, so they lost less than half of them.
You move the decimal in 62% two spaces to the left. Then you get 0.62. You multiply 0.62 by 93. You get 57.66, but you obviously cant win a decimal of a game so you round up so its 58 games. Hope this helped you!
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Still confused!!
Know idea i am failing the class
that is why i looked it up
To find the number of games the Cougars lost, you can use the following steps:
Step 1: Determine the percentage of games they lost.
Since the Cougars won 62% of their games, they lost the remaining 100% - 62% = 38% of their games.
Step 2: Convert the percentage to decimal.
Divide the percentage by 100 to get the decimal equivalent. Therefore, 38% becomes 0.38.
Step 3: Calculate the number of games lost.
To find the number of games they lost, divide the number of games won (93) by the decimal equivalent of the percentage lost (0.38). Mathematically, it is:
Number of games lost = Games won / Decimal equivalent of percentage lost
Number of games lost = 93 / 0.38
Using a calculator, the answer is approximately 244.74.
Since the number of games played must be a whole number, you can approximate the number of games lost to the nearest whole number, which is 245.
Therefore, the Cougars lost approximately 245 games.