Question

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 5/2. How many games did they win? How many games did they lose?

Answer 1

well, it's saying they played a total of 154 games
and they won 5/2 of that

Answer 2

neither

Answer 3

win to loose was 5/2 sorry computer acting full rere mode

Answer 4

hmm, I read it, of every 5 won, they lost 2 :/

Answer 5

so the ratio is \(\frac{5x}{2x}\)

\(5x\) wins
\(2x\) lost

Answer 6

\(5x+2x = 154\)

solve x

Answer 7

7/7x=154/7
x=22

Answer 8

correct ! so how many wins ?

Answer 9

154-22= 132 :)

Answer 10

careful

Answer 11

what did i do wrong?