Question

jacob has a record of winning 2 boxing matches for every 4 he loses. if he had 48 matches during last year, how many did he win?

Answer 1

Explanation:

To solve this problem, we need to take the following steps:

Step 1: Calculate how many matches Jacob won in 1 win/loss cycle. That would be 2 wins per 4 losses, so for every 4 matches he played, he would have won 2.

Step 2: Since Jacob played 48 matches last year, divide 48 by 4 to get 12 cycles.

Step 3: Multiply 12 cycles by 2 wins in a cycle, to get the total number of wins Jacob had last year. That means he won 24 matches.

Therefore, Jacob won 24 out of 48 matches during last year.