Refer to the previous exercise. Over the course of a season, this player shoots 400 free throws.

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Refer to the previous exercise. Over the course of a season, this player shoots 400 free throws.
a. Find the mean and standard deviation of the probability distribution of the number of free throws he makes.

b. By the normal distribution approximation, within what range would you expect the number made almost certainly to fall? Why?
c. Within what range would you expect the proportion made to fall?


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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.

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Statistics The Art And Science Of Learning From Data

ISBN: 9780321997838

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Authors: Alan Agresti, Christine A. Franklin, Bernhard Klingenberg

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