Question

Last night, the knicks made 12 free throws. if their free throw average is 75% how many free throws were attempted?

Answer 1

Answer: 16

Step-by-step explanation:

The free throw average is 75%, wich means that from 100 attempted free throws, they make 75.

To solve the problem you can use a simple rule of three:

If for every 100 attempted free throws the knicks make 75 free throws, then how many attempts did they do if they made 12 free throws?

$\frac{100 attempts}{75 throws} =\frac{x}{12throws} \\x=\frac{12*100}{75} \\x=16$

Then, if the knicks made 12 throws last night, that means they made 16 attempted throws.

Answer 2

75% is 3/4

So if 12 = 3/4, then 1/4 = 4

Therefore, they attempted 16 free throws ✌