Shaq finished his career with a 52% free throw percentage. What is the probability that his first basket occurs on his third foul shot?
I have the choices of a binomial, poisson, hypergeometric, negative binomial, or geometric distributions to solve the probability.
I have the choices of a binomial, poisson, hypergeometric, negative binomial, or geometric distributions to solve the probability.
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This is a geometric distribution problem.
P(X = 3) = (1-.52)^2 (.52)
= .1198 or 11.98%
P(X = 3) = (1-.52)^2 (.52)
= .1198 or 11.98%