Chapter 0.6, Problem 24E

To determine

To calculate: The number of shots Madeline will make if she attempts 20 basketball shots and make $85\%$ to the basketball shots.

Answer to Problem 24E

The number of shots Madeline will make if she attempts 20 basketball shots and make $85\%$ to the basketball shotsare $17$ .

Explanation of Solution

Given information:

Madeline attempts 20 basketball shots and make $85\%$ of the shots.

Formula used:

Percent proportion is ratio of amount and base is same as percent to 100.

To convert percentage to fraction divide the number by 100.

Calculation:

It is provided that Madeline attempts 20 basketball shots and make $85\%$ of the shots.

Let xnumber of basketball shots are made out of 20 attempts.

Recall that percent proportion is ratio of amount and base is same as percent to 100.

According to the question, number of basketball shots divided by total number of attemptsis $85\%$ ,

  $\begin{array}{c}\frac{x}{20}=\frac{85}{100}\\ x=\frac{85\times 20}{100}\\ x=17\end{array}$

Therefore, Madeline made 17 basketball shots.

Thus, the number of shots Madeline will make if she attempts 20 basketball shots and make $85\%$ to the basketball shots are $17$ .