Statistics and Probability Use groups of 2.

Take a Shot

Look at the table below. The table consists of the digits 0 through 9. Each digit was selected at random by a computer. You can use a table of random numbers to act out a problem.

Read the following problem.

A radio station sponsors a free-throw shooting contest at halftime of Hoopsta basketball games. To win a prize, contestants must make five out of five free throws. The radio station figures that the average person can make one out of every two free throws he or she attempts. If fifty people take part in the contest during the season, how many prizes should the station expect to give away?

Solve the problem using the random number table. (Hint: suppose that each digit in the table represents a free throw and that each group of five digits represents one contestant's attempts. Since the probability that the average person will make a free throw is , make half of the digits 0 through 9 stand for made free throws and the other half stand for missed free throws.)