Suppose a basketball player, Player A, made 80% of her free throw attempts last season and that she continues to shoot free throws at the same rate. Assume that free throw attempts are independent. Let the random variable X be the number of free throws that player A makes in her next 15 attempts.

Answer 1

What is your question?

Answer 2

a) What is the distribution of X?

b) Find the mean and standard deviation of X.

c) Find the probability that player A makes exactly 10 free throws.

d) Find the probability that player A makes at least 8 free throws.