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Jessie made 3 shots out of 4 tries, how many shots will she make if she tries 12 shots (use a proportion​

User Panchu
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Answer:

9:12

Explanation:

3:4 is the ratio of her shots to tries

x:12 is the ratio we want to find, so you can turn these into fractions: 3/4 to x/12

to find x you figure out what you multiply 4 by to get to 12, which is 3, so you multiply 3 by 3 and you get 9

so the answer is 9:12

User Camous
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Answer:

10 out of 12 which is
(5)/(6) when simplified

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