As we see in Exercise 11.38 on page 653, during the 201011 NBA season, Ray Allen of
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As we see in Exercise 11.38 on page 653, during the 2010–11 NBA season, Ray Allen of the Boston Celtics had a free throw shooting percentage of 0.881. Assume that the probability Ray Allen makes any given free throw is fixed at 0.881, and that free throws are independent. Let X be the number of free throws Ray Allen makes in two attempts.
(a) What is the probability distribution of X?
(b) What is the mean of X?
Exercise 11.38 on page 653
During the 2010-11 NBA season, Ray Allen of the Boston Celtics had a free throw shooting percentage of 0.881. Assume that the probability Ray Allen makes any given free throw is fixed at 0.881, and that free throws are independent.
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