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Larry made 14 baskets out of 21 attempts in a recent basketball game. If Scott attempted 24 baskets and made the same proportion of baskets as Larry, how many baskets did Scott make?

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Answer:

16 baskets

Step-by-step explanation:

Create a proportion where x is the number of baskets that Scott made:

[tex]\frac{14}{21}[/tex] = [tex]\frac{x}{24}[/tex]

Cross multiply and solve for x:

21x = 336

x = 16

So, Scott made 16 baskets.

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