At an amusement park basketball game the player gets 2 thros

At an amusement park basketball game, the player gets 2 thros for 1$ if the player makes a basket the player wins a price. mary makes about 75% of her shots. Find the probability that mary wins a prize on her second shot. round your answer to three decimal places

Solution

If she wins on the second shot, then the first shot missed but she makes the second:

P(win on second) = (1-0.75)*(0.75) = 0.1875 = 0.188 [ANSWER]