SOLUTION: A basket ball 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
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Question 1184816: A basket ball 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?
Answer by greenestamps(13200) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Odds in favor = (probability of good outcome) : (probability of bad outcome) = 0.8:0.2 = 4:1
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