If there is a 65% chance you will make a free throw, what percent of the
time you will miss? *

Given:

There is a 65% chance you will make a free throw.

To find:

The percent of the time you will miss.

Solution:

If p is the percent of success and q is the percent of failure, then

        ...(i)

It is given that there is a 65% chance you will make a free throw. It means the percent of success is 65%. We need to find the percent of the time you will miss.  It means we have to find the percent of failure.

Substituting p=65% in (i), we get

Therefore, there is a 35% chance you will miss the free throw.