Question

Tony was Challenged to a half-court shooting competition. For every half-court shot that he makes, he will earn 20 points. For each half-court shot he misses, he will lose 5 points. After 20 half- court shots, Tony has zero points. How many half-court shots he make? How many half-court shots did he miss?

Answer 1

Answer:

Tony make 4 half-court shots and misses 16 half-court shots.

Step-by-step explanation:

Given:

Points earned for every successful, half-court shots = $20$

Points deducted for missing the shots = $5$ or $-5$

Total number of shots in the game = $20$

Final points earned by Tony = $0$

According to the question:

Let the number of successful half-court shot be $x$

And the number of shots missed be $20-x$

So,

In terms of points we can re-write it as:

⇒ $20(x)-5(20-x) =0$

⇒ $20x-100+5x=0$

⇒ $25x-100=0$

⇒ $25x-100+100=100$

⇒ $25x=100$

⇒ $\frac{25x}{25} =\frac{100}{25}$

⇒ $x=\frac{100}{25}$

⇒ $x=4$

Tony make 'x' shots that is 4 and the number of shot he missed is (20-x) =(20-4)=16