Vonna scored 30 goals at soccer practice. Her ratio of goals to misses was 5 : 8. How many times did sheshe ​miss?

Question

Vonna missed
blank amount of times.

Answer 1

As Kenneth said, write a proportion.

 

5 goals is to 8 misses as 30 goals is to x misses

 

5:8::30:x

 

5x = 8(30)

Solve for x

Answer 2

This is solvable if you WRITE A PROPORTION.