Question

The Jammers basketball team had a win-to-loss ratio of 5:1 during their season. They won 25 games. How many games did they lose?​

Answer 1

GIVEN :-

• Number of matches won = 25
• Ratio of matches ( win to lose) = 5 : 1

TO FIND :-

• Number of matches lost

SOLUTION :-

Let the number of matches lost be x.

Therefore,

$\sf \leadsto \: \frac{5}{1} = \frac{25}{x} \: \: \: \: \: \: \\ \sf \leadsto \: x = \frac{25 \times 1}{5} \\ \sf \leadsto \: x = 5 \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \:$

Therefore, number of matches they lost is 5.