Question

9. in professional baseball, each team plays 160 games.After playing half their games, team A has won 60and team B has won 49. If team A wins half of itsremaining games, how many of its remaining games must team B win to have the same number of wins as team A?​

Answer 1

51 games

Explanation:

Each team plays 160 games

After playing half their games (1/2 of 160 = 0.5 * 160 = 80), A has won 60 and B had won 49

In 80 games, A won 60 and B won 49

Remaining games = 160 - 80 = 80

In the remaining 80 games, A will win 1/2 (80 * 1/2 = 40), making their total 60 + 40 = 100. B therefore must win the difference between the games they need to have won to tie A (100) and the games they have currently won (49) = 100-49=51 games