A basketball player can make a free throw 80% of the time. Assume that a sequence of free-throw shooting can be thought of independent Bernoulli trials. The standard deviation of the minimum number of free throws that this player must attempt to make a total of 10 shot =________.Please fill in the blank, the answer should be in a numeric form up to 1 decimal place)

A First Course in Probability (10th Edition)
10th Edition
ISBN:9780134753119
Author:Sheldon Ross
Publisher:Sheldon Ross
Chapter1: Combinatorial Analysis
Section: Chapter Questions
Problem 1.1P: a. How many different 7-place license plates are possible if the first 2 places are for letters and...
icon
Related questions
icon
Concept explainers
Question

A basketball player can make a free throw 80% of the time. Assume that a sequence of free-throw shooting can be thought of independent Bernoulli trials. The standard deviation of the minimum number of free throws that this player must attempt to make a total of 10 shot =________.Please fill in the blank, the answer should be in a numeric form up to 1 decimal place)

Expert Solution
steps

Step by step

Solved in 2 steps with 2 images

Blurred answer
Knowledge Booster
Continuous Probability Distribution
Learn more about
Need a deep-dive on the concept behind this application? Look no further. Learn more about this topic, probability and related others by exploring similar questions and additional content below.
Similar questions
Recommended textbooks for you
A First Course in Probability (10th Edition)
A First Course in Probability (10th Edition)
Probability
ISBN:
9780134753119
Author:
Sheldon Ross
Publisher:
PEARSON
A First Course in Probability
A First Course in Probability
Probability
ISBN:
9780321794772
Author:
Sheldon Ross
Publisher:
PEARSON