By the end of July, a certain baseball team had played 80% of the total games to be played that season and had won 50% of those games. Of the remaining games for the season, the team won 60%.

Quantity A	Quantity B
Percent of total games won for the season	52%

A)The quantity in Column A is greater.
B)The quantity in Column B is greater.
C)The two quantities are equal.
D)The relationship cannot be determined from the information given.
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Explanation

Choose a smart number for the total number of games; for a percent problem, 100 is a good number to pick. If the total number of games for the season is 100 and the team played 80% of them by July, then the team played (100)(0.8) = 80 games. The team won 50% of these games, or (80)(0.5) = 40 games.


Next, the team won 60% of its remaining games. As there were 100 total games and the team has played 80 of them, there are 20 games left to play. Of these, the team won 60%, or (20)(0.6) = 12 games.

Therefore, the team has won a total of 40 + 12 = 52 games out of 100, or 52% of its total games. The two quantities are equal.
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