You have a 1 in 100 chance of making a basketball shot On av

You have a 1 in 100 chance of making a basketball shot. On average, how many attempts will it take to make the basket?

Explain you answer.

Solution

You make a shot in p = 1/100.

Note that the average, you make 1 basketball shot in

k = 1 / p attempts.

Thus,

k = 1/(1/100) = 100 attempts [answer]