Free Throw Shooter Case Study

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Base on our group results, the probability for him to make all five throws out of ten games is 1/10 calculated as 0.1. The law of law number state that the more we run the same experiment, the closer we will get to getting his actual success ratio. Therefore, it is not unusual for him to make all five throw in a game, however his probability is very low. This could be the reason his known as a player with poor free throw shooter.

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