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A sports team had 20 wins and 45 losses. How many consecutive games must the team win so that the winning record is over 50%

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13 more consecutive wins required.

Explanation:

We know that the team has won 20 times, and lost 45 times, we can assume that they have not ever drawn a game.

Therefore we also know that the team has played 65 matches in total (20 wins + 45 losses = 65 total games).

To know how many games in total they must win to have a win rate of over 50%, we can divide the total number of games by 2 to get half of this value.

--> 65/2 = 32.5 games

now, it's impossible to win half of a game, so we simply round up to the next value to get 33.

To calculate how many more games they must win, simply subtract their current number of wins away from this value.

--> 33 games - 20 wins = 13 more consecutive wins required.

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