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prealgebra junior

Problem

The ratio of the number of games won to the number of games lost (no ties) by the Middle School Middies is . To the nearest whole percent, what percent of its games did the team lose?
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
Solution
The ratio means that for every games won, are lost, so the team has won games, lost games, and played games for some positive integer . The percentage of games lost is just
Final answer
B