Expected Probability

Question

Assume that the golfer makes 70 percent of putts when they are less than 10 feet and 35 percent of putts when they are 10 feet or longer. The golfer takes 30 putts from less than 10 feet and 77 putts from 10 feet or longer during the tournament.

How many putts can the golfer expect to make during the tournament?

Answer 1

Considering SP as the total of short putts and LP as the total of long putts, we expect the total strokes (SP + LP) the golfer can make during the tournament to be: (30/0.7) + (77/0.35) ≅ 263