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A hockey player made 88% of her goal attempts last season. The coach wants to estimate the number of goals the player will make out of 10 attempts in a game and decides to
run a simulation. Which of the following could be a representation of the events for the simulation?
O Assign the numbers 00-88 to represent a made goal and the numbers 89-99 to represent a missed goal.
O Assign the numbers 1-9 to represent a made goal and the number 10 to represent a missed goal.
O Assign the numbers 1-88 to represent a made goal and the numbers 89-100 to represent a missed goal.
O Assign the numbers 0-8 to represent a made goal and the number 9 to represent a missed goal.

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Answer: Assign the numbers 1-9 to represent a made goal and the number 10 to represent a missed goal.

Step-by-step explanation: The coach wants to ESTIMATE the number of goals the player will make out of 10 attempts. Since someone can’t make 8.8 goals, we can round up to 9 goals.

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