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A baseball pitcher won 85 % of the games he pitched. If he pitched 40 ballgames , how many games did he win ?

A baseball pitcher won 85 % of the games he pitched. If he pitched 40 ballgames , how-example-1
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SOLUTION

The total games pitched is 40

Let number of games he win be y.

Then the ratio of the game win to the total game is


(y)/(40)

The percentage of game won by the pitcher is


85\text{ \%}

Then, the ratio of this percentage will be


(85)/(100)

Equate both ratio we have


(y)/(40)=(85)/(100)

Take cross product of the equation above


\begin{gathered} 100y=85*40 \\ 100y=3400 \end{gathered}

Divide both sides of the equation by 100.


\begin{gathered} (100y)/(100)=(3400)/(100) \\ \text{Then} \\ y=34 \end{gathered}

Therefore, the Baseball picher won 34 of the games he pitched.

Answer is 34

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