a hockey team played n games, losing four of them and winning the rest. What is the ratio of games won to game lost
It depends how you look at it.
To find the ratio of games won to games lost, we need two pieces of information: the total number of games played (n) and the number of games lost (4). Since the team won the rest of the games, the number of games won would be n - 4.
To calculate the ratio, simply divide the number of games won by the number of games lost. In this case, the ratio of games won to games lost would be:
Games won / Games lost = (n - 4) / 4
n = games played
4 = games lost
n - 4 = games won
Ratio, won : lost
(n - 4) : 4