Question

Sarah had 12 free throw attempts during a game and made at least 75% of the free throws. What is the greatest number of free throws Sarah could have missed during the game.

Answer 1

3

Explanation:

25 percent of 12 is 3

Answer 2

She missed 3 free throws.

Explanation:

According to the problem, Sarah's percentage of successful free throws is 75%, this means that she failed a 25% of the total. If the total free throws are 12, then:

`12(0.25)=3`

(Remember that, 25% is divided by 100, to have the decimal expression of this percentage)

Therefore, Sarah missed 3 free throws during the game.