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?

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Answer 1 · 2017-09-12T01:40:51

$35$ $35$

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

$\frac{7}{10}$ $7/10$

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

$\frac{?}{50}$ $?/50$

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

$7 \times 5 = 35$ $7 xx 5 = 35$

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