Question
A basket ball player makes 70% of her free throws. She takes 7 free throws in a game, and makes 5 of her 7 throws. If the shots are independent of each other, Then what is the probability that she makes the first five and misses the last 2?
Answers
Reiny
You want the specific case of
HHHHHMM, where H is success and M is a miss.
prob(HHHHHMM) = (.7)^5 (.3)^2
= ....
HHHHHMM, where H is success and M is a miss.
prob(HHHHHMM) = (.7)^5 (.3)^2
= ....