SOLUTION: A basketball player has made 6 out of every 13 foul shots attempted. If 42 foul shots were missed in the player's career, how many foul shots were made in the player's career?

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Question 1072267: A basketball player has made 6 out of every 13 foul shots attempted. If 42 foul shots were missed in the player's career, how many foul shots were made in the player's career?
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Answer by josgarithmetic(39618) About Me  (Show Source):
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%28ShotsMade%29%2F%28ShotsinCareer%29

s, number of foul shots in all of career
42, number of foul shots missed
s-42, number of foul shots successful

6%2F13=%28s-42%29%2Fs
Solve for s.

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A basketball player has made 6 out of every 13 foul shots attempted. If 42 foul shots were missed in the player's career, how many foul shots were made in the player's career?
Number of foul shots made: highlight_green%2836%29