Question

The basketball team at Martin Luther King High School won 12 of its first 15 games. Then it won its next 3 games. The percent of winning games was

Answer 1

`83(1)/(3)`%

Explanation:

3+12=15

3+15=18

part=15

whole=18

15/18=x/100

x=83 1/3

Answer 2

12/15 games have been won then they won 3 which makes it then 15/18 because the denominator is how many games they've played while the numerator is how many games they one.


`(15)/(18) = (x)/(100)`
Cross multiply both...

`1500=18x`
divide each side by 18 to make the x by itself
Which gives you x=83.333%