This year the boys' baseball team won 4 times as many games as it lost the team played a total of 40 games how many did the team win?

This year the boys' baseball team won 4 times as many games as it lost the team played a total of 40 games how many did the team win?
let the number of lost games = x
therefore the number of won games = 4x
the final equation would be


4x + x = 40
5X = 40
x= 8
therefore the number of won games = 4(x) = 4(8) = 32 games


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