Question

Collins middle school's basketball team won 75% of their games if they lost the board games how many games did they win?

Answer 1

The phrase in the original question is:

....if they lost 12 games......

not

....if they lost board games......

Answer:

36 games won

Step-by-step explanation:

Given

$\%Win = 75\%$

$Lost = 12\ games$

Required

Number of games won

Give that: $\%Win = 75\%$

The percentage loss is:

$\%Loss = 100\% - \%Win$

So, we have:

$\%Loss = 100\% - 75\%$

$\%Loss = 25\%$

Calculate the number of games (n) using:

$Lost = \%Loss * n$

$12 = 25\% * n$

Make n the subject

$n = \frac{12}{25\%}$

$n = 48$

So, the games won is:

$Win = n - Lost$

$Win = 48 - 12$

$Win = 36$