Question

The Jammers basketball team had a

win to loss ratio of 5:1 during their
Season. They won 25 games. How many
games did they lose?​

Answer 1

5 Games

Explanation:

Step 1: State what is known

We know for every 5 games the win they lose 1 game

They won 5 games

Step 2: Define your variables

Let x represent how many games the Basketball team lost

Step 3: Create equation

`(5)/(1)=(25)/(x)`

Step 4: Solve for 'x'

Cross multiply to solve for 'x'

`5x=25`

`x=(25)/(5)`

x = 5

Therefore the will have lost 5 games