2004 AMC 8 Problems/Problem 6

Problem

After Sally takes $20$ shots, she has made $55\%$ of her shots. After she takes $5$ more shots, she raises her percentage to $56\%$. How many of the last $5$ shots did she make?

$\textbf{(A)}\ 1\qquad\textbf{(B)}\ 2\qquad\textbf{(C)}\ 3\qquad\textbf{(D)}\ 4\qquad\textbf{(E)}\ 5$

Solution

Sally made $0.55*20=11$ shots originally. Letting $x$ be the number of shots she made, we have $\frac{11+x}{25}=0.56$. Solving for $x$ gives us $x=\boxed{\textbf{(C)}\ 3}$

Video Solution

https://youtu.be/8sDu95w3R2I Soo, DRMS, NM

See Also

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Problem 7
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