Problem:
Joyce made of her first shots in the first three games of this basketball season, so her seasonal shooting average was .
In her next game, she took shots and raised her seasonal shooting average to . How many of these shots did she make?
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Solution:
In order to have a seasonal shooting average of when having attempted shots, Joyce must have made of them. Thus she made of her shots in the next game.
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