Jenn made 12 field goals. These were 3/4 of her field goal attempts. Write and solve an equation to determine her number of field goal attempts.
12= 3x/4
48=3x
x=16
To solve this problem, we can start by assigning a variable to the unknown value, which represents the number of field goal attempts. Let's say the number of field goal attempts is "x".
According to the question, Jenn made 12 field goals, which were 3/4 (or 3 out of 4) of her field goal attempts. To convert this into an equation, we can set up the following proportion:
12 / x = 3/4
To solve for x, we can cross-multiply. Multiply the numerator of the first fraction (12) by the denominator of the second fraction (4), and multiply the numerator of the second fraction (3) by the denominator of the first fraction (x):
12 * 4 = 3 * x
48 = 3x
Now, divide both sides of the equation by 3 to isolate x:
48 / 3 = x
x = 16
Therefore, Jenn had 16 field goal attempts.