Question

Kacy is on her sophomore basketball team. She makes 16% of her foul shots, leading her team to 14 wins in 15 games for the season. If Kacy took 55 foul shots during the season, how many shots did she make?

a) 2.2 shots
b) 8.8 shots
c) 2.4 shots
d) 51.3 shots

Answer 1

To find out how many shots Kacy made, her foul shot percentage (16%) is converted to a decimal (0.16) and then multiplied by the number of shots taken (55), resulting in 8.8 made foul shots.

Step-by-step explanation:

To calculate the number of foul shots Kacy made, you can use the percentage of shots she makes and the number of foul shots she took:

-First, convert Kacy's foul shot success rate into a decimal by dividing the percentage by 100. So 16% becomes 0.16.

-Next, multiply this decimal by the total number of foul shots Kacy took during the season. So, 0.16 multiplied by 55 foul shots is 8.8.

This means Kacy made 8.8 shots during the season. Therefore, the correct answer is b) 8.8 shots.