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He wins 5 games out of every 13 games. If he plays 78 games, how many would we expect him to win?

User Srividya Sharma
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30:78

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If 'he' wins 5 out of 13 games, that's an immediate ratio of 5:13.

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Let's call him Max :)

Okay, now for the math.

I'm going to try a number line- but first, we have to know how many times 13 goes into 78.

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78 / 13 = 6

So now we multiply the ratio (5:13) by six...

30:78

That's the answer!

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Good luck!

~pinetree

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