Question

Larry made 14 baskets out of 21 attempts in a recent basketball game. If Scott attempted 24 baskets and made the same proportion of baskets as Larry, how many baskets did Scott make?

Scott made
baskets.

Answer 1

16 baskets

Explanation:

Create a proportion where x is the number of baskets that Scott made:

`(14)/(21)` =
`(x)/(24)`

Cross multiply and solve for x:

21x = 336

x = 16

So, Scott made 16 baskets.