Question

Ezra made 70% of the free throws he attempted last basketball season. If Ezra attempted 50 free throws last season, how many did he make?

Answer 1

`35`

Explanation:

If Ezra made `70%` successful free throws out of `50`, we can make a fraction out of it-

`7/10`

Now let's change the denominator to match the number of free throws, `50`.

`?/50`

If we multiply the denominator `(10)` by `5` to get `50`, we should multiply the numerator too

`7 xx 5 = 35`

so our final answer is `35` free throws out of `50`.