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Last year, the Manor Rams football team won 75% of their games. If the Rams won 9 games last year, what is the total number of games the Rams played last year?

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Answer:

12 games

Explanation:

Given:

  • Number of games won: 9
  • Percentage of games won: 75%

Solve:

  • Number of games played: x

Work:

75% can be written as 0.75

75% of x is 0.75 * x

  • 0.75x = 9
  • x = 9/0.75
  • x = 12

They played 12 games

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