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a basketball player made 17 out of 20 free throws the practice. what percent of the free throws did the player miss?

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well, she missed 3 throws only from all 20's, hmmm if we take 20(origin amount) to be the 100%, what's 3 off of it in percentage?


\begin{array}{ccll} amount&\%\\ \cline{1-2} 20 & 100\\ 3& x \end{array} \implies \cfrac{20}{3}~~=~~\cfrac{100}{x} \\\\\\ 20x=300\implies x=\cfrac{300}{20}\implies x=15

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Answer:

85%

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