solve the following word problem for the portion, rate, or base.
In June, a baseball team won 15 games and lost 9. What percent of the games did they win? (Hint: Use total games played as the base.) Round to the nearest tenth of a percent.
15/(15+9) * 100% =
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To solve this word problem, we need to calculate the percentage of games won by the baseball team.
Let's start by determining the total number of games played. The total number of games is the sum of the games won and the games lost. In this case, the team won 15 games and lost 9 games, so the total number of games played is 15 + 9 = 24.
Next, we can calculate the percentage of games won. To find the percentage, we need to divide the number of games won (15) by the total number of games played (24) and then multiply by 100.
Percentage of games won = (number of games won / total number of games played) x 100
= (15 / 24) x 100
= 0.625 x 100
= 62.5
Therefore, the baseball team won 62.5% of the games played. Rounded to the nearest tenth of a percent, the answer is 62.5%.