Collins middle school's basketball team won 75% of their games if they lost the board games how many games did they win?
1 answer:
<em>The phrase in the original question is:</em>
<em>....if they lost 12 games......</em>
<em>not</em>
<em>....if they lost board games......</em>
Answer:
36 games won
Step-by-step explanation:
Given
Required
Number of games won
Give that:
The percentage loss is:
So, we have:
Calculate the number of games (n) using:
Make n the subject
So, the games won is:
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