A student solved the problem below by first dividing 20 by 10. What mistake did the student make?

A baseball team has won 20 games and lost 10 games. What percent of the games did the team win?

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A student solved the problem below by first dividing 20 by 10. What mistake did the student make?

A baseball team has won 20 games and lost 10 games. What percent of the games did the team win?

Mercury · Answer

major hint: to calculate % of games won, the formula is

(# of games won) / (total # of games) * 100%

compare this to the actual work done, dividing 20 by 10

hryptr · Answer

thanks