A Basketball Player Makes 80% of Her Free Throws

question 41

Multiple Choice

A basketball player makes 80% of her free throws. Suppose this probability is the same for each free throw she attempts. What is probability that she makes more than 5 free throw attempts this season?

• A) 0.32
• B) 0.032
• C) 0.0032
• D) 0.00032
• E) 0.000030

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