Problema Solution
The basketball team at Martin Luther King High School won 12 of its first 15 games. Then it won its next 3 games. The percent of winning games was:
(A) 80% (B) 75% (C) 60% (D) 83 1/3 % (E) 78%
Answer provided by our tutors
(12 + 3)/(15 + 3) = 15/18 = 0.8(3) or 83 1/3 % (since 0.(3) = 1/3)
The answer is (D) 83 1/3 %.