P 126 Stephen Curry S Free Throws As We See In Exercise P 37 On Page 701 During The 2015 16 Nba Season Stephen Curry O 1 (53.31 KiB) Viewed 27 times
P.126 Stephen Curry's Free Throws As we see in Exercise P.37 on page 701, during the 2015-16 NBA season, Stephen Curry of the Golden State Warriors had a free throw shooting percentage of 0.908. Assume that the probability Stephen Curry makes any given free throw is fixed at 0.908, and that free throws are independent.
(a) If Stephen Curry shoots 8 free throws in a game, what is the probability that he makes at least 7 of them? (b) If Stephen Curry shoots 80 free throws in the playoffs, what is the probability that he makes at least 70 of them? (c) If Stephen Curry shoots 8 free throws in a game, what are the mean and standard deviation for the number of free throws he makes during the game? (d) If Stephen Curry shoots 80 free throws in the playoffs, what are the mean and standard devi- ation for the number of free throws he makes during the playoffs?
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