Question

12. Consider the following hypothetical basketball records for Spelman and Morehouse
Colleges.
Home games
Away games
a.
Spelman College
10 wins, 19 losses
12 wins, 4 losses
C.
Morehouse College
9 wins, 19 losses
56 wins, 20 losses
Give numerical evidence to support the claim that Spelman College has a better team
than Morehouse College.
b. Give numerical evidence to support the claim that Morehouse College has a better team
than Spelman College.
Which claim makes more sense and why?

Answer 1

The claim made by Morehouse college make more sense as their ratio of winning a game than losing it is higher.

a) In home games, the Spelman college won 10 wins whereas Morehouse College won only 9 games.

So, Spelman College has a better team than Morehouse College in home games.

b ) In Away games, Morehouse College won 56 games whereas Spelman College only won 12 games. So, Morehouse College has a better team than Spelman College in Away games.

c ) In total, Spelman College has won 22 games and lost 23 games. The ratio of win is to lose is 22 : 23 that is it won 0.96 games against it lost 1 game. In total, Morehouse College won 65 games and lost 39 games. The ratio of win it to lose is 65 : 39 that is it won 1.67 games against the 1 game it lost.

So, the claim of Morehouse College makes more sense.

Therefore, we get that the claim made by Morehouse college make more sense as their ratio of winning a game than losing it is higher.

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