Question

Last season Joao scored a goal in 60% of the soccer games. Use this experimental probability to determine the number of games he will score a goal this season if he plays in 10 games.

a) Joao will score a goal in 6 games.
b) Joao will score a goal in 4 games.
c) Joao will score a goal in 8 games.
d) Joao will score a goal in 2 games.

Answer 1

Using the experimental probability of 60%, we can expect that Joao will score a goal in 6 out of the 10 games he plays this season.

Step-by-step explanation:

The question asks us to use the experimental probability to predict the outcome of an event based on its past occurrence. In this case, Joao has scored a goal in 60% of the soccer games last season. If we want to determine how many goals he might score this season over a course of 10 games using this probability, we would calculate it as follows:

• Percentage of games in which Joao scores: 60%
• Number of games Joao will play this season: 10 games
• Expected number of games where Joao scores = 60% of 10 games = 0.6 × 10 = 6 games

Therefore, based on his last season's scoring rate, we can expect Joao to score a goal in 6 games this season.