36. Statistics. The following table gives the free throws attempted (FTA) and the free
throws made (FTM) for the top five players in the NBA for a recent season. Calculate
the free throw percentage for each player by writing the FTM over the FTA
and converting this fraction to a decimal.
Player FTM FTA
Allan Houston 363 395
Ray Allen 316 345
Steve Nash 308 339
Troy Hudson 208 231
Reggie Miller 207 230
2007-12-05 04:08:11 · 2 answers · asked by kuc2215 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Homework Help
To get the percentage of successful free throws just divide the number that were successful by the total attempts and multiply by 100%
For the first one: 363/395 x 100% = 91.8987% (round to 91.9%).
You should be able to do the others.
2007-12-05 04:30:26 · answer #1 · answered by Flying Dragon 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Percentage is just a specific type of ratio: x/100. E.g. 50%=50/100. If my free throw percentage is 50%, I make 50 free throws for every 100 attempted.
It's easy to see that Allan Houston makes 363/395 free throws: 363 for every 395 he attempts. You want to change 363/395 into x/100. You can do that by simply typing in 363/395 into a calculator, and taking the first two digits to be the percent (out of 100). In that first example, the answer is .918 (91.8/100), or around 92%, rounding up, meaning that Allan H. makes around 92 out of every 100 free throws he takes.
Do the same for all the players on the list.
2007-12-05 12:27:10 · answer #2 · answered by crazyhorseavi 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋