A basketball player made 40% of his free-throws during the season. The player made 124 free-throws. How many free-throw attempts

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Serga [27]

3 years ago

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A basketball player made 40% of his free-throws during the season. The player made 124 free-throws. How many free-throw attempts

did he have in total?

Mathematics

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Harlamova29_29 [7] · Answer 1 · 2022-04-01T11:35:49+03:00

Harlamova29_29 [7]3 years ago

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1. Use the cross products (aka the loop method) method to create an equation: 40x = 124x100
2. Simplify the equation. 40x = 12400
3. Solve for x by dividing 12400 by 40.
x = 310.
The player attempted to make 310 free-throws.