Abaseball team played 32 games and lost 8 katy was the catcher in 5/8 of the winning games and 1/4 of the losing games

a. Fraction of games won by team is .

b. Total games played by Katy as catcher is 17.

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Here is the complete question: A baseball team played 32 games and lost 8 Katy was the catcher in 5/8 of the winning games and 1/4 of the losing games.

a. What fraction of the games did the team win?

b. In how many games did Katy play catcher?

Given: Total number of games= 32

           Total games lost= 8.

           Katy was the catcher in 5/8 of the winning games.

           Katy was the catcher in 1/4 of the losing games.

Now, finding total number games that team won.

Winning total=

∴ Total number of games that team won is 24.

Next finding fraction of the games did the team win.

Fraction of games won by team is

∴ Fraction of games won by team =

Fraction of games won by team is

Lets find out numbers of games Katy play chatcher.

We know, Katy was the catcher in 5/8 of the winning games.

∴ Katy was catcher=

Katy was catcher in 15 of the wining games.

We also know, Katy was the catcher in 1/4 of the losing games.

∴ Katy was catcher=

Katy was the catcher in 2 of the losing games.

Total games played by Katy as catcher= Catcher in wining games+ catcher in losing games.

∴ Total games played by Katy as catcher=

Hence, total games played by Katy as catcher is 17.

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