You are practicing your free throws for an upcoming basketball game. Every throw is successful with probability 2/3, independently of the others. Let X denote the number of successful throws out of 5. (a) What kind of random variable is X? (Don’t forget the parameters.) (b) What is the probability that you successfully make at least 3 out of the 5 free throws? (c) Given that you successfully make at least 3 out of 5 free throws, what is the probability that you successfully make exactly 3 out of 5?
You are practicing your free throws for an upcoming basketball game. Every throw is successful with probability 2/3, independently of the others. Let X denote the number of successful throws out of 5.
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(a) What kind of random variable is X? (Don’t forget the parameters.)
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(b) What is the probability that you successfully make at least 3 out of the 5 free throws?
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(c) Given that you successfully make at least 3 out of 5 free throws, what is the probability that you successfully make exactly 3 out of 5?
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(d) What is the probability of scoring exactly 3 consecutive free throws within the set of 5?
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(e) You keep practicing with sets of 5 free throws. What is the average number of sets until
your first set where you miss every free throw?
Given that
n = 5 , p = 2/3
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You are practicing your free throws for an upcoming basketball game. Every throw is successful with probability 2/3, independently of the others. Let X denote the number of successful throws out of 5.
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(a) What kind of random variable is X? (Don’t forget the parameters.)
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(b) What is the probability that you successfully make at least 3 out of the 5 free throws?
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(c) Given that you successfully make at least 3 out of 5 free throws, what is the probability that you successfully make exactly 3 out of 5?
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(d) What is the probability of scoring exactly 3 consecutive free throws within the set of 5?
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(e) You keep practicing with sets of 5 free throws. What is the average number of sets until
your first set where you miss every free throw?
could you finish d and e please