An nfl team kicker misses 2 out of every 11 field goals if he missed 8 field goals throughout the season how many did he attempt

Answer 1

The answer is 44 field goals were attempted. The original ratio was 2/11 and in the second ratio they gave you the value of the field goals made which is 8/x. You’re scaling your ratio up and to that you would multiply 2 times 4 to arrive at 8 made field goals made. If you multiply 11 attempted fields goals x 4 then you’ll arrive at 44 total attempted field goals.

Answer 2

If he misses two for every 11 FGs he attempts, then if he missed 8 FGS, we would expect him to have made 44 attempts

2 misses ---> 8 misses (Multiply by 4)

11 total -----> ? total (Multiply by 4)

11 x 4 = 44

Or another way,

2/11 = 8/44