Question

A girl makes 12 foul shots for every 8 that she misses. how many shots did she make if she shot 125 foul shots? please help me this is my last one

Answer 1

The answer should be 83 shots made since you would get the answer 83.3333333 if you did the math and you can't have a me basket made.

Answer 2

Answer:

75

Step-by-step explanation:

Number of foul shots made by the girl first time = 12

Number of shots missed by the girl first time = 8

Total number of shots played first time = 12 + 8 = 20

Let the number of foul shots made by the girl second time be x

The total number of shots played by the girl second time = 125

Let's set up a proportion,

$\frac{Number of foul shots made by the girl first time}{Total number of shots played first time}$ = $\frac{number of foul shots made by the girl second time}{total number of shots played by the girl second time}$

=> $\frac{12}{20} = \frac{x}{125}$

Flip the sides of the equation

$\frac{x}{125} = \frac{12}{20}$

Multiplying both the sides by 125

$\frac{x}{125}*125 = \frac{12}{20}*125$

Cancelling out the 125's on the top and bottom from the left side

x = $\frac{12}{20}*125$

=> x =  $\frac{1500}{20}$

=> x = 75

Number of foul shots made by the girl if she played 125 foul shots = 75