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A soccer team is likely to score a goal at any time during a game. What is the probability it scores during the first half?
Use the slash ( / ) symbol to represent fractions and be sure to reduce fractions to their lowest terms.
![Overdrive](/images/users/0/1/128x128.jpeg)
2 years ago
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7 months ago
To calculate the probability, we need to know how many possible outcomes there are and how many of those outcomes result in the desired outcome.
In a soccer game, there are two possible outcomes for each team: either they score a goal or they don't. Since we are assuming the team is likely to score a goal at any time, we can say that the probability of scoring a goal is 1 out of 2, or 1/2.
Now, let's consider the first half of the game. A soccer game usually consists of two halves, so we can assume that the probability of scoring a goal during the first half is the same as the overall probability, which is 1/2.
Therefore, the probability of the soccer team scoring a goal during the first half is 1/2.