Question

A football team won $10$ matches out of the total number of matches they played. If their win percentage was $40$, then how many matches did they play in all?

Answer 1

Let the total number of matches played by the football team be $x$.

No. of matches won $=10$

$\therefore$ Win percent $=\frac{\text{No. of matches won}}{\text{Total no. of matches played}}$

$\therefore 40\%=\frac{10}{x}$

$\therefore \frac{40}{100}=\frac{10}{x}$

$\therefore x=\frac{10\times 100}{40}=25$

The football team played a total of $25$ matches.