Question

peyton manning had completed 357 passes. this was 62.5% of his attempts. how many attempts did he make?

Answer 1

Peyton Manning attemped 571 passes.

Explanation:

This question can be solved by a simple rule of three.

357 passes is 0.625, writing the percentage as a decimal. How much is 1? So

357 passes - 0.625

x passes - 1

`0.625x = 357`

`x = (357)/(0.625) = 571`

Peyton Manning attemped 571 passes.