SOLUTION: a basketball player shoots free throws and makes them with probability 1/7. what is probability of the event the player will miss three in a row

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Question 832074: a basketball player shoots free throws and makes them with probability 1/7. what is probability of the event the player will miss three in a row
Answer by Fombitz(32388)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Who's this player? Shaquille O'Neal.
P(make)=
P(miss)=
For three misses in a row,
P(3 misses)=P(miss)*P(miss)*P(miss)=

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