SOLUTION: A professional basketball player makes 85 % of the free throws he tries. Assuming this percentage will hold true for future attempts, find the probability that in the next 8 tries,

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Question 1083972: A professional basketball player makes 85 % of the free throws he tries. Assuming this percentage will hold true for future attempts, find the probability that in the next 8 tries, the number of free throws he will make is exactly 8.
Round your answer to four decimal places.

Answer by Boreal(15235) About Me  (Show Source):
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It would be .85^8=0.2725