A basketball player with a 65% shooting percentage has just made 6 shots in a row. The announcer says this player "in the zone". Assume the player takes 20 shots per game. Is it unusual for her to make 6 or more shots in a row during a game? Set up and run a simulation of at least 20 trials to test this question.

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A basketball player with a 65% shooting percentage has just made 6 shots in a row. The
announcer says this player "in the zone". Assume the player takes 20 shots per game. Is it
unusual for her to make 6 or more shots in a row during a game? Set up and run a simulation of
at least 20 trials to test this question.
Transcribed Image Text:A basketball player with a 65% shooting percentage has just made 6 shots in a row. The announcer says this player "in the zone". Assume the player takes 20 shots per game. Is it unusual for her to make 6 or more shots in a row during a game? Set up and run a simulation of at least 20 trials to test this question.
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