Question

Pat’s softball team won 5 games for every 3 games they lost.

Altogether, the team played 32 games. How many games did they win?

Answer 1

Explanation:

5 games won to every 3 games lost...ratio of 5:3....added = 8

so 5/8 of the total games were won and 3/8 of the total games were lost

so if the total games is 32...

they won : 5/8 * 32 = 160/8 = 20 games <==

Answer 2

20 games were won and 12 games were lost.

Explanation: