Question

the best player on a basketball team makes 85% of all free throws. The second best player makes 75% of all free throws the third best player makes 65% of all free throws based on their experimental probabilities estimate the number of free throws each player will make in his or her next 80 attempts

Answer 1

In order to get the number of free throws each player will make, we simply have to multiply each probability by the total number of attempts which is 80.

The equation for the best player would then be:

$\begin{gathered} 85\%\times80=x \\ or \\ \frac{85}{100}\times80=x \\ or \\ \frac{85}{100}=\frac{x}{80} \end{gathered}$

After multiplying, we can say that estimatedly, the best player will make about 68 free throws.

$\begin{gathered} \frac{85}{100}=\frac{x}{80} \\ Cross-multiply. \\ \frac{85\times80}{100}=x\Rightarrow\frac{6800}{100}\Rightarrow x=68 \end{gathered}$

On the other hand, for the second best player, we