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Michael Jordan’s Free Throws

This chart shows some of Michael Jordan’s career statistics for free-throw shots when he was on the Chicago Bulls basketball team.

Description of Table: On the left of the work area is a two-column table. The left column is titled “Year”, and is lists the game years from 1984-1985 through 1997-1998 (for a total of thirteen years). The right column of the table is titled “Free-Throw Percentage”, and list the free throw percentage for each year for Michael Jordan. The numbers are 0.845, 0.84, 0.857, 0.841, 0.85, 0.848, 0.851, 0.832, 0.837, 0.801, 0.834, 0.833, and 0.784.

(text on slide) Determine Michael Jordan’s Chicago Bulls career average for his free-throw percentage and type your answer in the blank at the bottom of the chart. Round your answer to the nearest thousandth.

Description of work area: The last row in the table is a blank to enter the Career average for Michael Jordan.

Correct answer: 0.835

 

Slide 2

This career average is also known as the relative frequency of his performance.

Relative frequency is the ratio of the number of observations to the total number of observations.

 

Description of Table: On the left of the work area is a two-column table. The left column is titled “Year”, and is lists the game years from 1984-1985 through 1997-1998 (for a total of thirteen years). The right column of the table is titled “Free-Throw Percentage,” and list the free throw percentage for each year for Michael Jordan. The numbers are 0.845, 0.84, 0.857, 0.841, 0.85, 0.848, 0.851, 0.832, 0.837, 0.801, 0.834, 0.833, and 0.784. The last row of the table shows the Career Average, which was 0.835.

 

(text on slide) To determine Michael Jordan’s career average, you found the ratio of his free-throw percentages to the total number of years he played.

In 2001, Michael Jordan signed with the Washington Wizards. What would you expect his free-throw percentage to be for his first year with the Wizards?

Description of work area:

A blank is available to enter the prediction.

Correct answer: 0.835

 

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