Solve the Problem. -A Basketball Player with a Free Throw Shooting Percentage of Shooting

question 83

Multiple Choice

Solve the problem.
-A basketball player with a free throw shooting percentage of 80% gets fouled and goes to the line to shoot two free throws. What are the odds in favor of her making her first shot?

• A)1 to 4
• B)4 to 5
• C)4 to 1
• D)5 to 4

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Definitions:

Mean Speed

The average velocity of an object over a defined period of time.

Standard Deviation

A measure of the amount of variation or dispersion of a set of values; a low standard deviation means that the values tend to be close to the mean, while a high standard deviation means they are spread out over a wider range.

Normal Model

Also known as the normal distribution, a bell-shaped curve that represents the distribution of many types of data where most values cluster around a mean value.

85th Percentile

A value below which 85% of the data points in a dataset fall, used in statistical analysis to understand distribution.