At the end of the season, Little Billy's baseball team has a record of 7 wins and 5 losses. Little Billy's best buddy Bobby's team has a record of 8 wins and 4 losses. The worst team in the league has twice as many losses as wins. If there are only 4 teams in the league, and no games are played with any other teams but league teams, in what position did Little Billy's team finish?
2006-11-07 13:55:06 · 2 answers · asked by ? 3 in Education & Reference ➔ Trivia
I need the answer because I don't know it
2006-11-07 14:02:11 · update #1
Billy (Team 1) - 7/5
Bobby (Team 2) - 8/4
Team 3 - ?
Team 4 (Losers) - 4/8 -- You know their score because all teams played twelve games. That would be 12 * 4 = 48 games, but each game has two teams in it so only 24 games. If you add up the wins and the losses of the three teams you know and subtract each of those from 24, you can figure out the score of the other team and find a ranking for them.
7 + 8 + 4 = 19 24 - 19 = 5 Wins
Team 3 - 5/7
Here are the ones you already know:
Billy (Team 1) - 7/5
Bobby (Team 2) - 8/4
Team 4 (Losers) - 4/8
Billy's team is second.
2006-11-07 14:03:31 · answer #1 · answered by incorrigible_misanthrope 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
2nd place?
2006-11-07 13:59:30 · answer #2 · answered by Silly me 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋