Question

At the beginning of a basketball season, the panthers won 20 games out of 50 games. At this rate, how many games will they win in a normal 120-games season?

Round answer to the nearest whole number.

Answer 1

They will win 48 games in a 120 game season.

Explanation:

The team won 20 games out of 50; that is a 20:50 ratio, that is equal to x:120. x is the amount of games won in the 120 game season.

Set up the ratios like this:

`(20)/(50)` =
`(x)/(120)`

cross multiply the numerators and denominators to get this:

20*120 = 50x

solve for x:

2,400 = 50x

x = 48