Answer: Tessa made a 3/4 (or 3 out of 4 quarters) of throws.
Explanation:
1. collect data from the word problem:
Total number of throws: 36
Number of throws Tessa made: 27
2. Divide Tessa's number from the total:
27/36
3. Now simplify the fraction ,divide the denominator and numerator by 9:
Answer: 3/4