Baseball teams Manatees won 4 more games than the Herons. They played 9 games in all. What is the fraction amount of games won for the Herons?
I don't even know where to begin to solve this. I don't know how to figure out how to find 4 more. I know the fraction will be something/9
won/total = 4/9
Thank you, It confused me because I thought I needed to figure out the total for the Manatees too.
To solve this problem, let's start by representing the number of games won by the Herons as "x." According to the given information, the Manatees won 4 more games than the Herons. Therefore, the number of games won by the Manatees would be represented as "x + 4."
Since the total number of games played is 9, the sum of the games won by both teams should be equal to 9. Thus, we can set up the equation:
x + (x + 4) = 9
Now we can solve this equation step by step:
2x + 4 = 9 (combine like terms)
2x = 9 - 4 (subtract 4 from both sides)
2x = 5 (simplify)
x = 5/2 (divide both sides by 2)
So, the fraction amount of games won by the Herons is 5/9.