document.write( "Question 339239: A basketball player has a 70% free throw shooting average, which can be interpreted to mean that the probability of his hitting any single free throw is 0.7 or 7/10. Assume that free throws are independent events, so that what happens on one free throw doesn't affect the outcome of the next.
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A basketball player has a 70% free throw shooting average, which can be interpreted to mean that the probability of his hitting any single free throw is 0.7 or 7/10.
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\n" ); document.write( "P(hits at least one) = 1 - P(misses all five)
\n" ); document.write( "= 1 - 0.3^5
\n" ); document.write( "= 1 - 0.0024
\n" ); document.write( "= 0.9976
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