Question

John scored 5:7 of the goals he attempted at the soccer game. During three games, if John scored 20 goals, how many did he attempt

Answer 1

John scored 20 goals he attempted 28.

Explanation:

Given:

John scored 5:7 of the goals he attempted at the soccer game.

During three games, if John scored 20 goals.

Now, to find the number of attempts.

Let the number of attempts be
`x.`

The number of goals = 20.

As, given John scored 5:7 of the goals he attempted at the soccer game.

So, 5 is equivalent to 7.

Thus, 20 is equivalent to
`x.`

Now, to solve by using cross multiplication method:

`(5)/(7) =(20)/(x)`

By cross multiplying we get:

`5x=140`

Dividing both sides by 5 we get:

`x=28.`

Therefore, he attempt 28.