based on past games, the probablity that a basketball player will make his next free throw is 5/12. what is the probablity that the player will not make his next free throw? explain how you determined your answer.

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Reina

Mathematics

15 March, 21:10

based on past games, the probablity that a basketball player will make his next free throw is 5/12. what is the probablity that the player will not make his next free throw? explain how you determined your answer.

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Johanna Humphrey · Answer 1

The probability would be 7/12

Step-by-step explanation:

Since making or missing a shot is a binary situation, we know that we can subtract the probability from 1 and get the opposite.

1 - 5/12 = 7/12