A basketball player made 17 out of 20 freee throws at practice what percent of the free throws did the player misss

15%

Step-by-step explanation: To find what percent of free throws the player misses we will have to write a percent equation.

For this situation the equation 17/20 = x/100 will work.

This means that if the player made 17 free throws out of 20, what percent did he make.

Solve for x.

17/20 = x/100

17/20 x 100 = x/100 x 100

1700/20 = x

85 = x

The basketball player made 85% of his free throws.

You want to find the percent of free throws he misses.

So you can simply subtract 100% from 85% to get 15%

The basketball player misses 15% of his free throws.

13.33%

say 50 oranges, then 100 apples

80 are red, 20 are yellow

total fruit = 150

20chances out of 150 for yellow

20/150 = 13.33%

cross multiplying, we get :

⇒ (3) × (5) = (9) × (x)

⇒ 15 = 9x