In basketball, some baskets are worth two points. Others are worth three points. In one game, the ratio of three-point baskets to three-point tries for one team was 3 : 4. If the team scored 27 points from three-point baskets, how many three-point tries did the team have?

Writing the information in the form of ratio

Three point basket = Three point tries

3 : 4

27 : x

Think about multiplication , how many 3s do you need to make 27 ?

Its 27 ÷ 3= 9

Because you need 9 lots of 3, Then to make it proportional , you'd need 9 lots of 4

9×4 = 36

Three points tries is 36

1,407.5 hours

step-by-step explanation:

we first convert all the time to hours and then sum them up.

there are 24 hours in 1 day, in 58 days, there are 24 x 58 = 1,392 hours.

there are 60 minutes in 1 hour, thus, 30 minutes will be equivalent to 30 / 60 = 0.5 hours.

therefore, the number of hours it will take mercury to complete a full rotation is 1,392 + 15 + 0.5 = 1,407.5 hours