Question

Bobby catches 8 passes in 3 football games. At this rate how many passes dose he catch in 15 games?expine

Answer 1

Answer: 40

Step-by-step explanation:

I can see the answer is 40, but let's try to figure out how to do it.

I like to use the rule of 3. Let's put the number of passes on the left side and the number of games on the right side.

$\frac{8}{x}=\frac{3}{15}$

''x'' represents the number of passes in 15 games.

Solve for x;

$x=\frac{15*8}{3}\\ x=\frac{120}{3}\\ x=40$