SOLUTION: A basketball player completed 42.5% of his field goals in the most recent season. He made 281 field goals. How many did he attempt? (type an integer or a decimal. round to t

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A basketball player completed 42.5% of his field goals in the most recent season. He made 281 field goals. How many did he attempt?
(type an integer or a decimal. round to the nearest integer as needed)
Please help. i know i keep coming up with the wrong answer. I got 6.7 lol

Answer by checkley71(8403)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
281/.425=661 SHOTS ATTEMPTED.
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