On his recent free-throw attempts, Lester made 39 shots and missed 3 shots. What is the experimental probability that Lester will miss his next free-throw attempt?

Answer 1

The experimental probability is the number of times an event occurred divided by the total number of trials. In this case, the event is missing a free-throw and the number of times it occurred is 3, while the total number of trials is 42 (39 made plus 3 missed). Therefore, the experimental probability that Lester will miss his next free-throw attempt is:

3/42

Simplifying the fraction by dividing both numerator and denominator by 3, we get:

1/14

So the experimental probability is 1/14 or approximately 0.071.