Question

College basketball team has won 14 games and lost 6 games. If they continue to win at this rate, how many games would the team win in a 50 game schedule?

Answer 1

42 games

Explanation:

If the college basketball team has won 14 games and lost 6 games,

The Probability of recording a win is given as:

Probability(of a win)
`=(Number of Outcomes )/(Total Number o trials)`=
`(14)/(20)`

In experimental probability, this can also be taken as the Relative Frequency of a win.

Therefore: Number of Expected Wins

=Relative Frequency of a win X Total Number of Trials

`(14)/(20)X60=42`

The team would expect to win 42 games in a 60 game schedule