SOLUTION: jennifer is a 75% free-throw shooter. if she shot 44 free-throws this year how many did she miss? need help figureing out how to solve problems like this please

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Question 690635: jennifer is a 75% free-throw shooter. if she shot 44 free-throws this year how many did she miss? need help figureing out how to solve problems like this please
Answer by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740) About Me  (Show Source):
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jennifer is a 75% free-throw shooter.
if she shot 44 free-throws this year how many did she miss?
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The total shots are 100%, so if she made 75%, she missed 25%, right?
therefore
.25 * 44 = 11 shot missed
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To confirm this, find how many shot she made:
.75 * 44 = 33 shots made
then to check this
11 + 33 = 44 shots total