Question

basketball player made 76 out of 100 attempted free throws. What percent of free throws was made?

Answer 1

Percentages measure the frequency of occurrence of a certain event with respect to the occurrence of another event.

This is measured as a division or ratio:

$P=\frac{\text{frequency of event 1}}{frequency\text{ of event 2}}$

The basketball player made 76 out of 100 attempts. Here, our event 1 is the basketball player making a free throw. Event 2 is the player throwing the ball, regardless of its result.

Since he/she made 76 out of 100, the percent is:

$P=\frac{76}{100}=0.76$

The percent is 0.76*100 = 76%