In basketball, Shaquille makes 40% of his free throw attempts. He goes to the free throw line to shoot one-and-one (if he makes

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In basketball, Shaquille makes 40% of his free throw attempts. He goes to the free throw line to shoot one-and-one (if he makes

the first shot, he gets to shoot one more). He scores 1 point per free throw. What is the expected value of the number of points he will score?

Mathematics

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Harrizon [31] · Answer 1 · 2022-01-16T12:57:59+03:00

Harrizon [31]4 years ago

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Answer:

4 points

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AlladinOne [14] · Answer 2 · 2022-01-16T10:55:11+03:00

For the answer to the question above, the best answer to the question would be 2 points. The expected value of the number of points he will score would be two points in every successful free throw attempt he makes. It just has a probability of .40 - which means that in 10 free throw shots, there's a tendency he will only make 4 of them.