After basketball practice, Jan steps up to the free throw line and attempts 28 shots. Of the 28 attempts, Jan successfully makes the shot 15 times
For the next practice, the coach wants each of the players to take 48 shots. How many shots do you expect Jan to successfully make? (
To find out how many shots Jan is expected to make out of 48 attempts, we can set up a proportion using the information from the previous practice:
15 successful shots out of 28 attempts = x successful shots out of 48 attempts
(15/28) = (x/48)
Cross multiply:
28x = 15 * 48
28x = 720
x = 720/28
x ≈ 25.71
Therefore, we can expect Jan to successfully make approximately 26 shots out of 48 attempts in the next practice.