Question

A football team won 40% of the total number of matches it played during 7 years. If it lost 12 matches in all and no match was drawn, find the total number of matches played by the team

during the year?

Answer 1

20 matches.

Explanation:

Let the no of matches played be x.

percentage of won matches = 40%

percentage of lost matches = 100% - 40%

= 60%

no of lost matches = 12

Here,

60% of x = 12

or, 3x ÷ 5 = 12

or, 3x = 12×5

x = 60 ÷ 3 = 20