A baseball team played 140 regular season games. The ratio of the number of games they won the the number of games they lost was 5/2. How many games did they win? How many games did they lose?

The answer is 60 games lost

x = the number of games won

y = the number of games lost

A baseball team played 140 regular season games:

x + y = 140

The ratio of wins to lost was 5/2 means:

x : y = 5 : 2 cross-multiply

5y = 2x

x + y = 140

5y = 2x

x = 100 games won

y = 40 games lost

The team won 100 games and lost 40 games.