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  • 12-05-2020
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Mary made 85% of her free-throw attempts. If she missed only six free
throws, how many did she attempt?

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khadijahumarji
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  • 12-05-2020

Answer:

40

Step-by-step explanation:

given the fact that mary made 85% of her free throws attempts,

thus she missed the rest 100 minus 85= 15% of the attempts. let the total number of attempts be x. thus:

15% of x=6

15/100 x=6

solve by cross multiplying

x=6  100/15

x=40

hope this helps

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