Question

Out of 20 attempts a basket ball player scored eight times. What percent of his chances did he score?

Answer 1

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40%.

Explanation:-

Given:-

Total no. of attempts = 20.

No. of times ( or chances) the player scores = 8 .

To Find:-

Percent of chances

Required percentage = [No. of times ( or chances) the player scores/ Total no. of attempts × 100]%

Thus, the required percentage = 8 × 100/20

= 8 × 5

= 40%

Hence, He scored 40 % of his chances.

Answer 2

Answer :

40 %

Step By Step Explanation :

Given :

Out of 20 attempts, a basket ball player scored eight times.

From The Condition,

Total number of attempts = 20

Number of times, the player scores = 8

To Find: Percent of chances, he scored.

Now,

Required Percent = 8/20 × 100 %

                             ⇒ 8/2 × 10 %

                             ⇒ 4 × 10 %

                             ⇒ 40 %

Hence, He scored 40 % of his chances.

Extra Information :

Per cent mean per hundred or out of hundred. For example, a boy obtained 60 % marks in Science means, he obtained 60 marks out of 100 full marks.

Percentage is the fraction written with a denominator of 100.