Question

A girl makes 12 foul shots for every 8 that she misses. how many shots did she make if she shot 125 foul shots? please help me this is my last one

Answer 1

To find out how many shots the girl made, set up a proportion using the ratio of shots made to shots missed. The girl made 187 shots.

Step-by-step explanation:

To find out how many shots the girl made, we can set up a proportion using the ratio of shots made to shots missed. The ratio is 12:8. Let's assume the number of shots made is x. We can create the proportion: 12/8 = x/125. Cross-multiplying gives us 8x = 12 * 125. Solving for x gives us x = (12 * 125) / 8. Evaluating this expression gives us x = 187.5. Since we can't have a fraction of a shot, we round down to the nearest whole number. Therefore, the girl made 187 shots.

Answer 2

75

Step-by-step explanation:

Number of foul shots made by the girl first time = 12

Number of shots missed by the girl first time = 8

Total number of shots played first time = 12 + 8 = 20

Let the number of foul shots made by the girl second time be x

The total number of shots played by the girl second time = 125

Let's set up a proportion,

`(Number of foul shots made by the girl first time)/(Total number of shots played first time)` =
`(number of foul shots made by the girl second time)/(total number of shots played by the girl second time)`

=>
`(12)/(20) = (x)/(125)`

Flip the sides of the equation

`(x)/(125) = (12)/(20)`

Multiplying both the sides by 125

`(x)/(125)*125 = (12)/(20)*125`

Cancelling out the 125's on the top and bottom from the left side

x =
`(12)/(20)*125`

=> x =
`(1500)/(20)`

=> x = 75

Number of foul shots made by the girl if she played 125 foul shots = 75