Billy Isastar, a famous basketball player, is not a very good free throw shooter. He manages to connect on 65% of his attempts. What is the probability that the first free throw Johnny hits in a game is on his fourth attempt?

Question

a. .015
b. .028
c. .179
d. .096

Answer 1

So he wants
MMMH, where M is miss and H is hit

prob(of your event)
= (.35)^3 (.65) = ....