Question

Mario made 2 goals for every 5 shots on goal. What is the probability that Mario would make 2 goals on two shots?

Answer 1

16%

Explanation:

I know that 2/5 = 0.4 or 40%

and 0.4 x 0.4 = 0.16

or 16%

basically what the other one said, without words

Answer 2

16%

Explanation:

To calculate this we first need to calculate the probability of Mario scoring for every individual shot that he takes. Since he makes 2 goals for every 5 shots on average, we simply divide these numbers to get the probability of a goal per shot.

2 / 5 = 0.4 ...multiply by 100 to get percentage value

0.40 * 100 = 40%

We see that the probability of scoring a goal per shot is 40%. Now we need to multiply this probability twice to get the probability of scoring 2 consecutive goals in two shots.

0.40 * 0.40 = 0.16 ... multiply by 100 to get percentage value

0.16 * 100 = 16%