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basketball team won 65% of its total games. If the team won 78 games, how many games did they play?
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[tex]\large{\mathcal{SOLUTION:}}[/tex]
Given:
- Team won 65% of their total games
- Team won 78 games
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Equation: P = B × R
- Let P = team won
- B = total games
- R = rate
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Solving ,
- P = B × R
- 78 = B × 65%
- 78 = B × 0.65
- 78 ÷ 0.65 = B
- 120 = B
Therefore , the total games they played is 120
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