Asked by scooby9132002

a basketball player completed 42.3% of his field goals in the most recent season. He made 289 field goals. how many did he attempt?
Answered by Ms. Sue
Solve for x.

0.423x = 289
x = ?



Answered by scooby9132002
i can not seem to figure out the last one.
Answered by Ms. Sue
Divide both sides of the equation by 0.423.

What answer do you get?
Answered by scooby9132002
683 or 0.0014
Answered by Ms. Sue
Yep. I get 683.

And that makes sense, doesn't it. He made a little less than half his shots -- so you know the number he actually shot must be more than 600.
Answered by scooby9132002
it says incorrect
Answered by Ms. Sue
If the numbers in your problem are correct, then the answer must be right.

The actual number I get is 683.321513, but since we can't have a fraction of a shot, we round it down to 683.

Let's prove it in reverse.

42.3% of 683 = 288.9 = 289



Answered by scooby9132002
i got the answer now ty. just have the last math question i cant seem to get the answer to every time i try i get it wrong
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