Question

Peter scored 36 goals at soccer practice. His ratio of goals to misses was 4:7. How many times did he miss?

Answer 1

Since the ratio of goals to misses was 4:7, then the ratio of misses to goals is 7:4. Let x be the amount of misses, since Peter scored 36 goals, then x:36 should be equal to 7:4

`(x)/(36)=(7)/(4)`

Multiply both sides by 36 to find x:

`\begin{gathered} (x)/(36)*36=(7)/(4)*36 \\ \Rightarrow x=63 \end{gathered}`

Therefore, the amount of times that he missed, is:

`63`