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A team won 3 of their first 10 games. If they win the next "n" games, they will have won 50% of their games. What is the value of "n"? I know the answer is 4, but I'm really stuck on how to get it so please
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A team won 3 of their first 10 games. If they win the next "n" games, they will have won 50% of their games. What is the value of "n"? I know the answer is 4, but I'm really stuck on how to get it so please explain each step.

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Ok, so for me, (I'm sorry if this isn't the way that you were taught it), I just plugged in numbers for n.
3 + 1 is not 1/2 of 10 + 1
3 + 2 is not 1/2 of 10 + 2
3 + 3 is not 1/2 of 10 + 3
BUT 3 + 4 IS 1/2 of 10 + 4 (7 and 14)
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