In the National Basketball Association, the top free throw shooters usually have probability of about 0.90 of

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In the National Basketball Association, the top free throw shooters usually have probability of about 0.90 of making any given free throw.
a. During a game, one such player (Dirk Nowitzki) shot 10 free throws. Let X = number of free throws made. What must you assume for X to have a binomial distribution? (Studies have shown that such assumptions are well satisfied for this sport.)
b. Specify the values of n and p for the binomial distribution of X in part a.
c. Find the probability that he made 

(i) all 10 free throws 

(ii) 9 free throws

(iii) more than 7 free throws.

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Statistics The Art And Science Of Learning From Data

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