A baseball team played 154 regular season games. The ratio of the number of games they won to the number of games they lost was

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four thirds. How many games did they win? How many games did they lose?

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faltersainse [42] · Answer 1 · 2021-11-23T16:04:07+03:00

a.

Let

5x = number of games won

2x = number of games lost

The total number of win and lose is 154. So

5x + 2x = 154

Solving for x,

7x = 154

x = 22

Therefore, the number of games won is 5*22=110 and the number of games lost is 2*22 is 44.

b.

Let

6x = first side of the triangle

7x = second side of the triangle

9x = third side of the triangle

The perimeter of a triangle is the total of all sides. So,

6x + 7x + 9x = 88

22x = 88

x = 4

Therefore, the three lengths of the side are 6*4=24, 7*4=28, and 9*4 = 36