Question

A basketball team has 12 more games to play. They have won 25 of the 36 games they have played. How many more games must they play in order to finish with a 0.750 record?

Answer 1

Let X = # of games to win to reach .75 record.

.75 = X/48

36 = X

25 + ? = 36

They will need at least 11 games.