N a high school basketball game, a player on the home team makes two free throws. One student asks the student next to her what he thinks the probability of hitting two free throws in a row is. The student replies, "The probability of him making a free throw is probably about. 6, so hitting two free throws is probably about 1.2." Why can this immediately be dismissed as incorrect?

A. The final number, 1.2, is a fraction, which can never represent a probability.

B. The probability of making a free throw can never be. 6.

C. The probability of an event happening twice in a row can never be equal.

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19 April, 16:52

N a high school basketball game, a player on the home team makes two free throws. One student asks the student next to her what he thinks the probability of hitting two free throws in a row is. The student replies, "The probability of him making a free throw is probably about. 6, so hitting two free throws is probably about 1.2." Why can this immediately be dismissed as incorrect?

A. The final number, 1.2, is a fraction, which can never represent a probability.

B. The probability of making a free throw can never be. 6.

C. The probability of an event happening twice in a row can never be equal.

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Kaelyn Young · Answer 1

B. The probability of making a free throw can never be 0.6 this is my answer because if you have a free throw attempt, the probability would be 0.5 because there's a 50% chance you'll make it and a 50% chance you wont. So having two free throw, the chance of making both would be 1.0

Kimberly Perez · Answer 2

The answer is actually D. I just took the test