Originally Posted by interracialtoons

That's not a good math question, at least not the way you phrased it because no matter how many times you shoot from the spot your odds of making it is always 20%(2-10).

Odds and percents are the same thing. So you are asking
"what is the percentage that you will make your percentage?"

But in your scenario the shooter does not take enough shots to make his actual percentage of exactly 20% (he needs 10 shots).

So the answer you are looking for is ZERO;
But that is not the real answer.

The real answer is that he would have to "better" his percentage to get exactly 2 baskets in 8 shots which means your real question is
"What are the odds the the shooter will better his percentage from that spot".

That cannot be deterimed in your scenario unless you provide the number of times this(bettering his percentage) was already attempted and achieved. The number of times he achieved it versus the number of times he tried it would be the odds that he would do it this time.


Nice try, but stay the fuck out of teaching math.