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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?​

1 Answer

4 votes

Answer:

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

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