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Here's your shmoop du jour:

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Luke, Bill and James are playing three games of HORSE.

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The loser... has to kiss a horse. On the mouth.

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The percentage of shots that these three basketball players made over three games of HORSE are

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shown in the graph below.  Which statement is true based on this information?

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And here are the potential answers...

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Okay, so we just have to go through each potential answer and see if it... rims out.

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A says "Bill had the highest shooting percentage for all three games."

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But we can see that in game 2 that Bill in blue here was behind James... so A isn't true.

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B. "Luke had the lowest shooting percentage for all three games."

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Luke clearly wasn't going to win any awards for his overall performance, but in game one,

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James shot even worse.

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C. "Luke never had the highest shooting percentage in all three games."

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True! In no game was Luke number 1.

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So it looks like C is true... but let's make sure...

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D. "James never had the highest shooting percentage in any of the three games." Well,

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game 2 was a bonanza for James as he DID have the highest percentage.

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So yeah, the answer is C.

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As in... "Cheek to cheek."

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