Question

football team won 40% of the total number of a match it was played during a year if it is lost 12 matches in all and no matches was drawn find the total number of matches played by the team during the year

Answer 1

let x be the no. of matches played

40x/100=x-12
40x=100x-1200
1200=100-40x
1200=60x
1200/60=x
20=x

no. of match is 20