A Coach Is Examining Two Basketball Players' Free-Throw Percentages Over

question 6

Multiple Choice

A coach is examining two basketball players' free-throw percentages over the last few games. Bob made 34 out of 85 shots and Joe made 72 out of 125 shots. The coach wants to know if Bob is a 10% worse free-throw shooter than Joe. Which of the following would be the p-value of the corresponding test?

• A) 0.1364
• B) 0.2728
• C) 0.4322
• D) 0.4544

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