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A baseball team played 147 regular season games. The ratio of the number of games they won to the number of games they lost was five halves. How many games did they win? How many games did they lose?

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  1. 6 May, 10:38
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    5x = # of games won

    2x = # of games lost

    The total number of win and lose is 147.

    5x + 2x = 147

    Solve for x,

    5x + 2x=147

    7x = 147

    x=21

    The ratio of games won: #of games lost is 5:2

    5x21=105: 2x21=42

    105 wins: 42 lost
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