Question

The tree diagram shows the possible win/loss paths for a basketball team playing in a tournament. Harris High School loses 1 game in the tournament. How many ways could this happen?

Answer 1

This could happen in 3 ways.

Answer 2

Option: C is the correct answer.

The number of ways of doing so is:

3

Explanation:

L denotes the loss and W denotes the win.

Now, It is given that:

Harris High School loses 1 game in the tournament.

This means that the number of ways of doing so is: Three(3)

Out of all the 9 outcomes in the tournament , the outcomes that denotes this situation i.e. 1 loss is:

{ LWW , WLW , LWW}

Hence, total number of such outcomes=3