Which of the following statements do you think could possibly be true? The University of Kentucky Men's basketball team took 20 free throws in a game last week and made 83% of them. Yesterday it was 20° (Fahrenheit) in Chicago. Today it warmed up to 45°. This is a 125% increase in the temperature. The number of students enrolled at the University of Kentucky decreased by 105.4% last year. My weight decreased by 10% last year, but then increased by 10% in the first two months of this year. Thus, my overall weight from the beginning of last year until now is unchanged.
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6 free throws (20 * 0.83 = 16.6). Since you can't make a fraction of a free throw, this statement is **not possible**. * **Statement 2:** A 125% increase means the temperature increased by 1.25 times the original temperature. The increase would be 25 degrees (20 Show more…
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