Answer to Question #97673 in Statistics and Probability for Juliet Beglaryan

Question

In basketball, Nicole makes 4 baskets for every 10
shots. If she takes 3 shots, what is the probability
that exactly 2 of them will be baskets?

Answer 1

Using the binomial distribution

P =4/10 =0.4,

x = 2 ,

n = 3.

Using Microsoft Excel, the required probability is P(2)= BINOM.DIST(2,3,0.4,FALSE) = 0.288