During the first week of baseball season, the Boston Red Sox won 6 out of 8 games. How many of the 162 regular season games must they win to maintain this ratio? Round to the nearest game.

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anonymous · Answer

162 / 8 * 6

anonymous · Answer

121.5 which is rounded to 122

anonymous · Answer

wait all it is, is division??

anonymous · Answer

yup

anonymous · Answer

basically, you are taking 6/8 and expanding it to the scale of the larger number

anonymous · Answer

the ratio of 121.5/162 is exactly 6/8

anonymous · Answer

but wait when I divide 162 by (6x8) I get 3.375??

anonymous · Answer

it's not 162/(6*8), it's 162 / 6 * 8

anonymous · Answer

so you divide 162 by 6, then multiply the result by 8

anonymous · Answer

that gives me 216

anonymous · Answer

divide it by 8 sorry, then multiply by 6

anonymous · Answer

basically you're finding out what 1/8th of 162 is, and then multiplying it by 6 to find out what 6/8ths of 162 is

anonymous · Answer

ooooh ohkay!!

anonymous · Answer

you could also just multiply 162 by (6/8)

anonymous · Answer

$$\frac{ (162) * 6 }{ 8 }$$

anonymous · Answer

is what it all amount's to

anonymous · Answer

ok thanks!! these ratio"s are tricky but this helps