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jan made 88% of the baskets she attempted. if she got 44 shots in the basket. How many baskets did she attempt

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50, so divide 44 by 88 and multiply that by 100, and you get 0.5 so 44 is half of 88, thus each digit in the number of shots represents 2 percent, thus since it is 12% from 100 we divide 12 by 2 and get 6, and we add 6 to 44 and get 50.
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