Suppose a basketball player who makes a free throw shot with success 80%. Let X be the number of the successful shots among n = 5 shots. (a) What is the probability that a basketball player makes exactly 4 shots successfully, or, P (X = 4)? (b) W h a t i s P (X = 5)? (c) Calculate P (X < 4), that is, the probability that this player makes less than 4 successful shots.

Suppose a basketball player who makes a free throw shot with success 80%. Let X be the number of the successful shots among n = 5 shots. (a) What is the probability that a basketball player makes exactly 4 shots successfully, or, P (X = 4)? (b) W h a t i s P (X = 5)? (c) Calculate P (X < 4), that is, the probability that this player makes less than 4 successful shots.

MATLAB: An Introduction with Applications

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ISBN:9781119256830

Author:Amos Gilat

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Chapter1: Starting With Matlab

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