A baseball team played 160 regular season games. The ratio of the number of games they won to the number of games they lost was three fifths
. How many games did they win? How many games did they lose?
Let the number of games won be 3x and the number of games lost be 5x.
According to the given ratio, 3x / 5x = 3/5
Solving for x:
3x = 3/5 * 5x
3x = 3x
x = 1
Therefore, the number of games won is 3*1 = 3 games
And the number of games lost is 5*1 = 5 games
So, the team won 3 games and lost 5 games.
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Let x represent the number of games won by the team.
Since the ratio of the number of games won to the number of games lost is 3/5, the number of games lost is 5x.
According to the given information, the team played a total of 160 games.
Therefore, x + 5x = 160
6x = 160
x = 160 / 6
x = 26.67
Since the number of games won must be a whole number, we can round down to 26:
Number of games won: 26
Number of games lost: 5 * 26 = 130
The team won 26 games and lost 130 games.
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Let x be the number of games the team won.
Since the ratio of the number of games won to the number of games lost is 3/5, the number of games lost is 5x.
Therefore, the total number of games won and lost is x + 5x = 6x.
Given that the team played 160 games, we can write the equation:
6x = 160
x = 160/6
x = 26.67
Since the number of games won must be a whole number, we can round down to 26:
Number of games won: 26
Number of games lost: 5 * 26 = 130
So, the team won 26 games and lost 130 games.
the answer is they won 60 games and lost 100 games
Let's correct the solution:
Let x represent the number of games won by the team.
Since the ratio of the number of games won to the number of games lost is 3/5, the number of games lost is 5x.
According to the given information, the team played a total of 160 games.
Therefore, x + 5x = 160
6x = 160
x = 160 / 6
x = 26.67
Since the number of games won must be a whole number, we can round to the nearest whole number:
Number of games won: 27
Number of games lost: 5 * 27 = 135
The team won 27 games and lost 135 games. Thank you for the correction.
Therefore, the team won 60 games and lost 100 games.