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The Lady Eagles won 70% of their 30 basketball games this season. How many games did they lose?

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They lost 9 games. (30/100)*(100-70)
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30games=100% , so they won 70% that is mean :
100==>30
70 ==> x !!
so : x=(70*30)/100 = 21 , so they won in 21 games .
and 30-21=9games , so they lose 9 games .
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