Question

A local cricket team played 20 maches in one seoson.if it won 25% of them and lost rest. how many maches did it loose?

Answer 1

The number of matches lost is 15.

Step-by-step explanation:

Given:

A local cricket team played 20 matches in one season.

If it won 25% of them and lost rest. how many matches did it loose?

Solution:

Total no of matches = 20,

Win percentage = 25%.

Therefore 25% of 20 = 5

The number of matches lost = 20 – 5 = 15

Result:

The number of matches lost is 15.

To know more:

A cricket team won 60% of the total matches it played during the year. If it lost 24 matches in all and no matches were drawn, find the number of matches played during the year.

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Answer 2

Answer:

$\red {Number \: of \: matches \: lost}\green {=15}$

Step-by-step explanation:

$Number \: matches \: played = 20$

$Number \: of\:matches \: won = 25\%\:of \:20$

$Number \: of \: matches \: lost = (100-25)\%\:of \:20\\=75\%\:of \: 20$

$= 75\% \: \times 20 \\=\frac{75}{100}\times 20\\= 15$

Therefore.,

$\red {Number \: of \: matches \: lost}\green {=15}$

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