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Toronto won half of their games and lost 42% of their games. What percentage have they tied?

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The total games played represent 100%

If you add the wins (W), loses (L) and ties (T), you'll get the total games played:


100=W+L+T

If the percentage of wins is W=50%

and the percentage of loses is L=42%

You can calculate the ties as:


\begin{gathered} 50+42+T=100 \\ 92+T=100 \\ T=100-92 \\ T=8 \end{gathered}

8% of their games were tied

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