Answer:
Best Player: 30
Second Best: 28
Third Best: 26
Step-by-step explanation:
1) Break the percents down into smaller increments - 5% for example.
2) 5% or 1/20 of 40 (the whole) is 2.
3) Using this knowledge, we know that a player who makes 5% of his throws makes 2 shots.
4) 75% is made up of 15 groups of 5%, so that means if you multiply 15 by 2 (the number of shots made for every group of 5%), then you get 30.
5) 70% is made up of 14 groups of 5%, so that means if you multiply 14 by 2 (the number of shots made for every group of 5%), then you get 28.
6) 65% is made up of 13 groups of 5%, so that means if you multiply 13 by 2 (the number of shots made for every group of 5%), then you get 26.
