SOLUTION: A certain basketball player usually scores on 47% of his shots. If this probability remains constant throughout a game, how likely is he to score on all of his first five shots? On

Question 632343: A certain basketball player usually scores on 47% of his shots. If this probability remains constant throughout a game, how likely is he to score on all of his first five shots? On at least four of these five shots? At least P three?
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A certain basketball player usually scores on 47% of his shots. If this probability remains constant throughout a game, how likely is he to score on all of his first five shots? On at least four of these five shots? At least P three?
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Binomial Problem with n = 5 and p(score) = 0.47
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1st five: P(x = 5) = 0.47^5
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P(4<= x <=5) = 1-binomcdf(5,0.47,3) = 0.1522
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P(3<= x <=5) = 1 - binomcdf(5,0.47,2) = 0.4439
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