Of the 27 players trying out for the school basketball team, 8 are more than 6 feet tall and 7 have good aim. What is the probability that the coach would randomly pick a player over 6 feet tall or a player with a good aim? Assume that no players over 6 feet tall have good aim.
A. 7/15

B. 6/15

C. 7/9

D. 5/9

Question

Of the 27 players trying out for the school basketball team, 8 are more than 6 feet tall and 7 have good aim. What is the probability that the coach would randomly pick a player over 6 feet tall or a player with a good aim? Assume that no players over 6 feet tall have good aim.
A. 7/15

B. 6/15

C. 7/9

D. 5/9

Hero · Answer

@Alicec out of the 27 players that are trying out of the basketball team, how many of them are more than six feet tall?

Alicec · Answer

it says 8. its in the question. i literally just copied and pasted the question.

Hero · Answer

Okay so how can we write that statement as a probability fraction?

Alicec · Answer

i dont know

Hero · Answer

If you say "8 of the 27 players trying out for the basketball team are more than six feet tall", then that corresponds to saying, "The probability that the coach would randomly pick a player (from amongst the 27) who are more than six feet tall is 8/27".

Hero · Answer

@Alicec do you understand that?

Alicec · Answer

yea thanks but i guess ill figure it out

Hero · Answer

We were almost done @Alicec

Alicec · Answer

okay @Hero