A high school basketball court is 25.6 meters long and 15.2 meters wide and has a free throw box 5.8 meters long and 3.7 meters

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A high school basketball court is 25.6 meters long and 15.2 meters wide and has a free throw box 5.8 meters long and 3.7 meters

wide. A bouncy ball is thrown onto the court from the top of the bleachers and is equally likely to land anywhere on the court. What is the probability that the ball will bounce on the court but outside of the free throw box? When applicable, round your answer to two decimal places and include all necessary calculations

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Ilya [14] · Answer 1 · 2021-12-19T08:13:08+03:00

Ilya [14]4 years ago

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Area of basketball court: 25.6 * 15.2 = 389.12 square meters

area of free throw box: 5.8 * 3.7 = 21.46 square meters

21.46 / 389.12 = 0.055 = 5.5%

100 - 5.5 = 94.5% probability

timofeeve [1] · Answer 2 · 2021-12-19T10:18:24+03:00

timofeeve [1]4 years ago

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<span>94.5% probability if I did my math right</span>