Question

Sally's soccer team won 68% of the games they played.if they won 17 games, how many did they play?

Answer 1

Answer: The total number of games played are 25

Step-by-step explanation:

Let the total number of games played be 'x'

We are given:

Number of games won = 17

Percentage of games won = 68 %

Calculating the total number of games:

$68\% \text{ of x}=17$

So,

$\frac{68}{100}\times x=17\\\\x=\frac{17\times 100}{68}=25$

Hence, the total number of games played are 25

Answer 2

Let the number of games played be x.  68% of x comes out to 17 games.

Then 0.68x = 17.  Mult. both sides by 100:  68x = 1700.

Divide 68 into 1700 to obtain x, the number of games played:  x = 25

The team plays in 25 games.