Problem:
The ratio of the number of games won to the number of games lost(no ties) by the Middle School Middies is . To the nearest whole percent, what percent of its games did the team lose?
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Solution:
The Won/Lost ratio is so, for some number , the team won games and lost games. Thus, the team played games and the fraction of games lost is .
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