Asmakan wrote:
A certain kickball team named "The good guys" won 1/3 of their first 24 games. If the teams lose no more than 1/9 of their remaining games, what is the least number of games they must play to ensure they win more than they loose?
a) 9
b) 10
c) 11
d) 12
e) 13
May someone tell me where is my mistake?
I tried solving backward by starting with a
(1/9)∗9+16=17
and the winning will be (8/9)∗9+8=16 option a wrong
no for the rest, all of the options will give us the first option 1.something .. I round it to 2.
Until I reach 13, where the winning games is more than the lost games.
Games Won =
13(24)=8Games Lost =
24−8=16Let, the total number of remaning games be
xGames Lost of the remaining =
x9, and
Games Won of the remaining =
x−x9=8x9As per the question;
Total games Won ≥ Total games Lost
8+8x9≥16+x98x9−x9≥87x≥72i.e.
x≥10.28Hence, option C