Chapter P, Section 1, Exercise 037
During the 2015-16 NBA season, Jodie Meeks of the Detroit Pistonshad a free throw shooting percentage of 0.906 . Assume that theprobability Jodie Meeks makes any given free throw is fixed at0.906 , and that free throws are independent. Let S denoteSuccessfully making a free throw and F denotes missing it.
( Round ALL your answers to four decimal places. )
(a) If Jodie Meeks shoots TWO free throws in a game, what is theprobability that he makes BOTH of them?
P(Makes two) ______
(b) If Jodie Meeks shoots TWO free throws, what is theprobability that he misses both of them?
P(Misses two) ____________
(c) If Jodie Meeks shoots TWO free throws, what is theprobability that he makes exactly one of them?
P(Makes exactly one) ________________
