Question

We are told that the two players, taken together, scored a total of 49 points. What is the probability that player A scored first?

Answer 1

1/2 or 50% probability

Explanation:

There are just two players, player A and player B. Since it is between this two players, for player A to score first we would have:

AB where player A is the first player to score, we wouldn't have BA since player would not be the first here

Probability = number of favorable outcomes/total number of outcomes

Therefore probability of A being the first player = number of A/total number of players

=1/2 = 0.50

There is therefore a 50% chance of A being the first player