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Solve the equation: The high school track team won first place in one-third of the events in the meet. If they won five events, how many events were there?

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Answer to a math question Solve the equation: The high school track team won first place in one-third of the events in the meet. If they won five events, how many events were there?

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1. Start with the equation representing the scenario: \frac{x}{3} = 5

2. Multiply both sides by 3 to solve for \( x \): x = 3 \times 5

3. Calculate the multiplication: x = 15

Thus, the total number of events was x = 15 .

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