b. Mo has 9 attempts in a game. Predict how many goals he scores. Let \( x= \) number of \( \quad \) Moe scores. Proportion \( \rightarrow-=\frac{x}{9} \)

It looks like you’re setting up a proportion in which x represents the number of goals Mo scores from 9 attempts. In general, if you know Mo’s conversion rate (that is, the proportion of attempts that become goals), you can write   x/9 = conversion rate. For example, if from his past record Mo scores a goal about one out of every three attempts, then his conversion rate is 1/3. Plugging that into the proportion gives   x/9 = 1/3. Multiplying both sides by 9 to solve for x we get   x = 9 × (1/3) = 3. So, if Mo’s success rate is 1/3, you would predict that he scores 3 goals in 9 attempts. If you have a different conversion rate (say, from previous performance or statistics), you would replace 1/3 with that value. Without additional context, the answer is expressed in general as   x = (conversion rate) × 9. For the example conversion rate above, the prediction is 3 goals.