Question

At the end of the season, Erica's basketball team has a win-to-loss ratio of 3:2

a. What is the ratio of wins to games played?

b. Can you use the ratio you found in part a to conclude that the total number of games Erica's team played in one season is 5? Explain why or why not.

Answer 1

A: 3:5

B: Yes because 3 plus two is five

Answer 2

A) win : game played = 3 : 5

B) No, it only implies that for every 5 games played by Erica's team, they win 3 and loss 2.

Explanation:

A) Since the ratio of win to loss = 3:2

Therefore ratio of total game played will be sum of the ratio of win and loss i.e 3+2 = 5

So ratio of wins to game played

win : game played = 3 : 5

B) No, I cannot use the ratio to conclude that the total number of games Erica's team played in one season is 5, why? because it only implies that for every 5 games played by Erica's team, they win 3 of the 5 games and loss 2 of the 5 games.