Question

Your baseball team has won 6 games and lost 4 games. If the team

does not lose any more games, how many games must the team win
to have a win : loss ratio of 2:1? Explain your answer.

Answer 1

two games must be won by the team

Explanation:

Let the no. of games played by x, since team

does not lose any more games.

Then total game won = 6+x

total game lost = 4

win: loss = 6+x : 4

given ratio of win and loss = 2:1

6+x : 4 = 2: 1

6+x = 8

=> x = 8-6 = 2

Thus, two games must be won by the team

then total win will be = 6+2 = 8

and loss = 4

ration of win : loss = 8:4 = 2:1