Question

John kept track of how many baskets were made in a basketball game. After 4 minutes, 5 baskets were made.

How many baskets were made after 13 minutes?

Answer 1

its 65 baskets i think

Answer 2

Answer: 16

Justification:

Given that there are only 3 data you must assume proportionality to solve this problem.

Proportionality is the equality of two ratios. In this case, one of the ratio have an unknown variable, and given that you have the other three values of the proportion you can calculate the unknown.

This is the proportion to solve:

5 baskets x
----------------- = ----------------
4 minutes 13 minutes

Now, solve for x:

x = 13 minutes * 5 baskets /4 minutes = 16.25 baskets

You have to round to the nearest whole number = 16 baskets.

Answer: 16