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?
            
            
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                    Answered by
            Ms. Sue
            
    Solve for x.
0.423x = 289
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?
    
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.
    
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
    
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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