guard shots made = shots taken x \( \frac{\text{% made}}{100} \) = 15 x \( \frac{45}{100} \) = \( \frac{45 x 15}{100} \) = \( \frac{675}{100} \) = 6 shots

The center makes 25% of his shots so he'll have to take:

shots made = shots taken x \( \frac{\text{% made}}{100} \)
shots taken = \( \frac{\text{shots taken}}{\frac{\text{% made}}{100}} \)

to make as many shots as the guard. Plugging in values for the center gives us:

center shots taken = \( \frac{6}{\frac{25}{100}} \) = 6 x \( \frac{100}{25} \) = \( \frac{6 x 100}{25} \) = \( \frac{600}{25} \) = 24 shots

to make the same number of shots as the guard and thus score the same number of points.

To multiply fractions, multiply the numerators together and then multiply the denominators together:

\( \frac{2}{7} \) x \( \frac{1}{6} \) = \( \frac{2 x 1}{7 x 6} \) = \( \frac{2}{42} \) = \(\frac{1}{21}\)

The absolute value is the positive magnitude of a particular number or variable and is indicated by two vertical lines: \(\left|-5\right| = 5\). In the case of a variable absolute value (\(\left|a\right| = 5\)) the value of a can be either positive or negative (a = -5 or a = 5).

To raise a term with an exponent to another exponent, retain the base and multiply the exponents:

To subtract these radicals together their radicands must be the same:

8\( \sqrt{48} \) - 8\( \sqrt{3} \)
8\( \sqrt{16 \times 3} \) - 8\( \sqrt{3} \)
8\( \sqrt{4^2 \times 3} \) - 8\( \sqrt{3} \)
(8)(4)\( \sqrt{3} \) - 8\( \sqrt{3} \)
32\( \sqrt{3} \) - 8\( \sqrt{3} \)

Now that the radicands are identical, you can subtract them: