The ratio if games the Falcons won to the games they lost is 7:5. What is the ratio of games list to the total games played?
Games lost?
5:12
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To find the ratio of games lost to the total games played, we need to know the total number of games played. Let's call the total number of games played "x".
We are given that the ratio of games won to games lost is 7:5. This means that the Falcons won 7 parts out of a total of 12 parts (7 + 5 = 12) in each game.
To find the number of games won, we can use the ratio 7:12. We can calculate this by dividing 7/12 and multiplying by the total number of games played (x):
Games won = (7/12) * x
Similarly, to find the number of games lost, we can use the ratio 5:12. We can calculate this by dividing 5/12 and multiplying by the total number of games played (x):
Games lost = (5/12) * x
Now, to find the ratio of games lost to the total games played, we divide the number of games lost by the total number of games played:
Ratio of games lost to total = Games lost / Total games played
Ratio of games lost to total = [(5/12) * x] / x
Ratio of games lost to total = 5/12
Therefore, the ratio of games lost to the total games played is 5:12.