Calvin makes 65% of the penalty kicks he takes. He is practicing penalty kicks with his friend Hobbes. He takes 10 shots. What is the probability that he makes exactly 7 of them?

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Calvin makes 65% of the penalty kicks he takes. He is practicing penalty kicks with his friend Hobbes. He takes 10 shots. What is the probability that he makes exactly 7 of them? 

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Sample size (n) = 10

Calvin makes 65% of the penalty kicks he takes that is p = 0.65

The process should follow binomial distribution with probability distribution function as follow:

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