Question

A middle school football player, Bo, is just learning how to kick field goals. Currently, he only makes 1/3 of his kicks. A die is being used to simulate the result of Bo's kicks where the numbers 1 or 2 represent a made field goal the numbers 3, 4, 5, or 6 represent a missed field goal. Use the following 20 trials of rolling a fair die to answer the question.

Based on the outcomes given, what is the estimate of the probability that Bo does not make any field goals? Write your answer as a fraction

Answer 1

The correct answer is 75%.

Explanation:

If you count all the misses in each trial as one whole miss, then you will have 15 total misses which would then leave to 5 makes. Then you divided 15 by 20 which would give you a perfect 75% of him missing the field goal. So basically, your answer is 75%.