A baseball pitcher won 80% of the games he pitched. If he pitched 35 ballgames, how many games did he win?
The whole is 35.
The percent is 80%.
Let n represent the part.
Write a proportion and find the cross products to solve for n.
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| 100n
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35 ×80 |
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| 100n
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2,800 |
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| 100n ÷ 100 |
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2,800 ÷ 100 |
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| n |
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28 |
28 games.
