A hockey team won 6 games and lost 8. What is the ratio of wins to number of games ?
A hockey team won 6 games and lost 8. What is the ratio of wins to number of games ?
Explanation
We are to find the ratio of wins to number of games.
According to the given information, we have
the number of games won by the team, n = 6
and the total number of games is given by
N = number of games won + number of games lost = 6 + 8 = 14.
Therefore, the ratio of wins to the number of games is
Thus, the required ratio is 3 : 7.