In: Statistics and Probability
To test his free throw skills, a basketball player shoots 200 free throw shots in a row. He makes 171 of them. Based on this, what is the probability he will make his first free throw in his next game? What method of calculating probability did you use to calculate this?
Out of 200 he is making 171 hence probability that he will make his first free throw in his next game is 171/200 or 0.855
This is Empirical probability because this is based on experiment. Player shoots 200 free throws is an experiment and since the probability 171/200 or 0.855 is based on that hence this is Empirical probability.