In a basketball free-throw contest held at the high school, Rudy made 4 out 5 free throws. At this rate, how many free throws could he expect to make in 25 tries?
4/5 = x/25
Cross multiply and solve for x.
To find out how many free throws Rudy could expect to make in 25 tries, we need to first determine his success rate and then apply it to the total number of attempts.
Rudy made 4 out of 5 free throws, which means his success rate is 4/5. We can represent this as a fraction or a decimal (0.8 or 80%).
Now, to find out how many free throws Rudy could expect to make in 25 tries, we multiply the success rate by the total attempts. In this case, we multiply 0.8 (or 80%) by 25:
0.8 x 25 = 20
Therefore, Rudy could expect to make approximately 20 free throws out of 25 attempts.
Please note that the actual number of successful free throws may vary, as this calculation is based on an expected average.