In yesterday's basketball game, Raul made 77.7% of his shots What fraction of his shots did he make?

1. How would you write 77.7% as a decimal? Set that decimal

equal

to x. What digit or digits repeat?

2. Multiply each side of the equation by a power of 10 to get the

repeating digit(s) to the left of the decimal point. Since you only

need to move one place, multiply each side by 10.

3. Subtract the equation in Exercise 1 from the equation in Exercise 2.

Then simplify.

4. Divide each side of the equation by 9 to solve for x. What fraction is

equal to x? Show your work.

5. What fraction of Raul's shots did he make?