Question

The ratio of wins to losses is 7 to

8. How many wins did the team
have if they had 48 losses?

Answer 1

42 wins

Explanation:

If there have been 48 losses, we know that there have been "6 sets" of 8 losses (48 / 8 = 6).

The ratio of 7 : 8 has occurred 6 times in this scenario.

This means that the total number of wins will also happen 6 times, because we have had 6 sets (the ratio for losses has occurred 6 times, meaning that the ratio for wins has also occurred 6 times)

So, to find the total number of wins, we can multiply 7 x 6 to find how many wins happened if we have created the 7 : 8 ratio 6 times

7 x 6 = 42

So, if we have had 48 losses, we have had 42 wins