SOLUTION: Mitchell earned a total score of 55 points. Twenty percent of the baskets he made were worth three-points each. If four-fifths of the two-point baskets Mitchell attempted were succ

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Question 1016520: Mitchell earned a total score of 55 points. Twenty percent of the baskets he made were worth three-points each. If four-fifths of the two-point baskets Mitchell attempted were successful and he made one-third of the three-point baskets he attempted, what is the total number of baskets that Mitchell attempted?
Answer by fractalier(6550) About Me  (Show Source):
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By inspection, he made 5 three-pointers and 20 two-pointers = 55 points (heck of a game!).
If he made 20 two-pointers and that was 4/5 of his attempts, he attempted 25.
If he made 5 three-pointers and that was 1/3 of his attempts, he attempted 15.
He made a total of 40 shot attempts.