SOLUTION: shirley is the best free throw shooter for fchs. she hits her free throws 81% of the time. find probability in a game, she makes her first free throw on her a) third try? b) on her
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Question 463255: shirley is the best free throw shooter for fchs. she hits her free throws 81% of the time. find probability in a game, she makes her first free throw on her a) third try? b) on her 2nd or 4th try?
Answer by edjones(8007) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
p=.81, q=.19
a).19^2*.81=.029
.
b).19*.81 + .19^3*.81
=.154+.006
=.16
.
Ed
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