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ozzie knows that this year her team will play 3 less games than last year. Last year they won 80% of their games. If they win, 90% of their games this year, they will have won the same amount of games as last year. How many games are they playing this year?
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Let last year be x
this year will be x - 3
games won last year = 80% of x = 0.8
anticipated this year win = 90% of total games this year which = (x - 3)x 0.9
Games playing this year =
First find the value of x
0.8x = 0.9(x-3)
X = 30
hence games this year = 30 - 3 = 27
Answer = 27 games played this year.
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