Question

A football team won 40% of the total numberof matches it played during a year . If it lost 6 matches in all and no matches drawn find the total no of matches played by the team during the year.

Answer 1

matches lost = 6

matches won =40%

so lost percentage = 100 - 40 = 60%

total matches be x let

so 60/100 of x = 6

x = 60/8

x = 10

total number of matches = 10

Answer 2

total matches played 10