Answer: 68%
Explanation: Since Tim made 85 free throws out of 125 free throws in total, we have the fraction 85/125 where 85 represents the number of free throws Tim made out of all of the free throws he shot last season.
To write the fraction 85/125 as a percent, remember that a percent is a ratio that compares a number to 100. So we need to find a fraction equivalent to 85/125 that has a 100 in the denominator. We can do this by setting up a proportion.
So we have
where n is our variable.
Now using cross products to find the missing value in the proportion, we have 85 x 100 which is 8,500 = 125 x n or 125n
Now just divide both sides by 125 and we find that 68 = n.
This means that Tim made 68% of his free throws.