Sheby has a 40% chance of making a free throw. What is the probability that she will miss the free throw?
2007-10-30 09:09:08 · 11 answers · asked by Rebecca M 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Mathematics
She has a 100-40% chance of missing, which is 60%. This means that you would expect her to miss 3 out of 5 times.
2007-10-30 09:11:59 · answer #1 · answered by jlao04 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
40% is 40/100 = 4/10 10-4=6 therefore 6/10 or 60% is Shelby's probability that she will miss the throw. hope that helped
2007-10-30 09:23:22 · answer #2 · answered by Natalie 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
She can either miss or make and if it is a 40% chance of making it, then subtract that from 100% and the chance of missing is 60%. So, 6/10, or 3/5.
2007-10-30 09:14:54 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
40% = 40/100
100-40 = 60
Shelby has a 60% chance of missing the free throw.
2007-10-30 09:14:06 · answer #4 · answered by Treadstone 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It's just 60%. You subtract 40 from 100.
2007-10-30 09:12:40 · answer #5 · answered by lyssak913 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
You've gotton the right answer from previos answers but really... what an odd word problem.
How is it 40% chance for missing a shot? It is or it isn't... It should be 50/50
2007-10-30 09:19:18 · answer #6 · answered by -Liz 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The probability of her making the free throw is 0.4. All other possibilities are 1 - 0.4 =0.6
If she doesn't make the free throw she will miss it. Therefore the probability of her missing it is 0.6 or a 60% chance of her missing it.
2007-10-30 09:14:14 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
60%
Since she can only miss or make it, if she makes it 40%, she has to miss 60% to total 100%.
2007-10-30 09:12:32 · answer #8 · answered by Tim F 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
That's not algibra, thats proberbility and the answer is 3/5.
2007-10-30 09:13:47 · answer #9 · answered by Walk on Water 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
60%
2007-10-30 09:14:02 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋