Larry made 14 baskets out of 21 attempts in a recent basketball game. If Scott attempted 24 baskets and made the same proportion of baskets as Larry, how many baskets did Scott make? Scott made baskets.

Cbst asked Jan 26, 2022

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Cbst asked Jan 26, 2022

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Answer:

16 baskets

Explanation:

Create a proportion where x is the number of baskets that Scott made:

(14)/(21) =
(x)/(24)

Cross multiply and solve for x:

21x = 336

x = 16

So, Scott made 16 baskets.

Panu Oksala answered Feb 2, 2022

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