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Richie and Bethany play basketball and practice shooting free throws after school. During one practice session, Richie attempted $15$ free throws and made $12$ of them.

Write a ratio comparing the number of free throws he made to the number that he missed.

Hint (a):
If Richie made $12$ free throws, that means he missed $3$ , since $15-12=3$ . Now write a ratio in the form of # of free throws made: # of free throws missed.
Answer (a):
$12$ shots made: $3$ shots missed or
$4$ shots made: $1$ shot missed

Bethany made eight free throws for every three that she missed. Did Bethany do better than Richie? Show how you know.

Hint (b):
Can you change these fractions into a percent and compare Bethany to Richie?
Answer (b):
No, Bethany did not do better than Richie. She made $72\%$ of her shots and Richie made $80\%$ of his.

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