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MATH HELP!!!!!

Garry is a tennis player who has won 42% of his tennis mathches. what is the probabilty that he will lose his next tennis match?

8%

42%

50%

58%

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58% The sum of all the probabilities has to be 100%. In tennis, because there's no time limit, a match will always result in a win or a loss. Since Garry has won 42% of his games, that means that he's lost 100% - 42% = 58% of his games. And if you assume his win/loss ratio is reflective of his future games as well as his past games, then he as a 58% chances of loosing his next match.
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