If you make 10 out of 16 shots in basket ball , how many shots do you have to miss to lower your record to 40%???
Is this kind of right
10/16 × 40/100 = 5/20 reduced to 4
Or am I totally wrong
same question here, with slightly different wording
https://www.jiskha.com/display.cgi?id=1524063058
Ok thanks so he has to miss four shots
Your calculation makes no sense, so yes, you are totally wrong.
In the wording of the question I linked to, it said "How many consecutive free throws must he miss" , yours does not say that.
The way yours is worded, there could be shots that he made and shots that he missed, so without further data, the answer cannot be found
If , like in the first question, you are dealing with consecutive misses, then
10/(16+x) = 40/100 = 2/5
32 + 2x = 50
2x = 18
x = 9
check: now he has 10 hits out of 16
so he misses the next 9 shots
he still has only 10 hits, but he took 25 shots
percentage of hits = 10/25 = .4 or 40%
To answer your question, you need to calculate how many shots you have to miss to lower your shooting percentage to 40%.
First, let's determine how many shots you made out of 16. You made 10 shots.
To calculate your current shooting percentage, you divide the number of shots made by the total number of shots attempted, and then multiply by 100:
(Current shooting percentage) = (Number of shots made / Total shots attempted) x 100
Current shooting percentage = (10 / 16) x 100 = 62.5%
Now, let's calculate how many shots you need to make to achieve a 40% shooting percentage.
To calculate the number of shots made, you can rearrange the formula:
(Number of shots made / Total shots attempted) = Desired shooting percentage / 100
Plugging in the values, we can solve for the number of shots made:
(Number of shots made / 16) = 40 / 100
Number of shots made = (40 / 100) x 16 = 6.4
Since you cannot make a fraction of a shot, you would round this number down to the nearest whole number. Therefore, you need to make 6 shots to achieve a shooting percentage of 40%.
To calculate the number of shots missed, subtract the number of shots made from the total shots attempted:
Number of shots missed = Total shots attempted - Number of shots made
Number of shots missed = 16 - 6 = 10
Therefore, you would need to miss 10 shots to lower your shooting percentage to 40%.