A basketball team has a season record of five wins and two losses. If the team continues this kind of performance, how many wins can it expect if it ends the season with six losses?
Set up a proportion, cross multiply, and solve for x.
5/2 = x/6
60
To find the number of wins the team can expect if it ends the season with six losses, we first need to determine the total number of games played.
The team has a season record of five wins and two losses, so they have played a total of 5 + 2 = 7 games.
We can assume that each game has a win or loss outcome, meaning that the total number of games played is equal to the total number of wins plus the total number of losses.
Therefore, if the team ends the season with six losses, the total number of games played would be 7 + 6 = 13.
Since we know that the team already has five wins, we can subtract these from the total number of games played to find the number of wins they can expect.
Hence, the team can expect to have 13 - 5 = 8 wins if they end the season with six losses.