Question

At the beginning of a basketball season, the Panthers won 20 games out of 60 games. At this rate, how many games will they win in a normal 120-game season?Round answer to the nearest whole number.

Answer 1

Since we want to calculate for the same rate, we can use the same ratio of won games to total games.

The given ratio is:

$r=\frac{20}{60}=\frac{1}{3}$

For the whole 120-game season, the total is 120 and let's call the number of won games by n, so:

$\begin{gathered} r=\frac{n}{120} \\ r=\frac{1}{3} \\ \frac{1}{3}=\frac{n}{120} \\ \frac{120}{3}=n \\ 40=n \\ n=40 \end{gathered}$

So, at this rate, they will win 40 games.