Question

A baseball team is in second place with a win to loss ratio of .535. What percent of the games played did the team win?

Answer 1

Answer:

34.85%.

Step-by-step explanation:

We have been given that a baseball team is in second place with a win to loss ratio of .535.

$\text{Win}:\text{Loss}=0.535$

So ratio of win to the total games played would be:

$\text{Win}:\text{total}=\frac{0.535}{1+0.535}$

$\text{Win}:\text{total}=\frac{0.535}{1.535}$

$\text{Win}:\text{total}=0.3485342$

Now, we need to convert our given decimal into percentage. So do so, we will multiply 0.3485342 by 100.

$\text{Percent of the games played won by team}=0.3485342\times 100\%$

$\text{Percent of the games played won by team}=34.85342\%$

$\text{Percent of the games played won by team}\approx 34.85\%$

Therefore, the team won 34.85% of the played games.