The Gates basketball team won 80% of their games. If they won 32 games, how many games did they play?
0.8x = 32
40
To determine the total number of games the Gates basketball team played, we need to use the information given. We know that they won 80% of their games and that they won 32 games.
To find the total number of games, we can set up a proportion:
80 / 100 = 32 / x
Here, x represents the total number of games played by the team.
To solve for x, we can cross-multiply:
80 * x = 100 * 32
80x = 3200
Dividing both sides of the equation by 80 gives us:
x = 3200 / 80
x = 40
Therefore, the Gates basketball team played a total of 40 games.