Problema Solution
A basketball player has made 4 out of every 5 foul shots attempted. If 4 foul shots were missed in the player's career, how many foul shots were made in the player's career?
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Let 'x' represent the number of foul shots made in the players career.
Then the player attempted total of x + 4 shots.
x : (x + 4) = 4 : 5
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x = 16 shots
The player made 16 shots in his career.