Question

Trevor is a high school quarterback. On average, out of each 16 passes, he completes 5 out of 8 passes and throws 1 pass that is intercepted. Set up a proportion to answer each question, and then write a sentence answer. In last weeks game he attempted 32 passes. How many were likely intercepted?

Answer 1

To find the number of passes likely intercepted in last week's game, we can set up a proportion using the given information and solve for the unknown variable. The likely number of intercepted passes is 20.

Step-by-step explanation:

To determine the number of passes likely intercepted in last week's game, we can set up a proportion based on the given information. If out of 16 passes Trevor completes 5 out of 8 and throws 1 pass that is intercepted, we can represent this as the ratio 5:8:1. We can set up a proportion using this ratio to solve for the number of passes likely intercepted out of the total attempted passes. (5/8) = x/32. To find the value of x, we cross-multiply and get 8x = 160. Solving for x, we find x = 20. Therefore, it is likely that 20 passes were intercepted in last week's game.

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