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You've just been hired as an Assistant Offensive Coach for a Division I basketball school. As part of an overall team analysis, you observe that your top point guard attempts around 20 shots from the field during a random game. This player hits, in general, about 73% of these shots. What is the chance the player hits more than 12 shots in a randomly selected game? This information will help the coach know when and who to play during various times of the game. P(X>12)=? a) .1182 b) .8545 c) .9360 d) .2454

          You've just been hired as an Assistant Offensive Coach for a Division I basketball school. As part of an
overall team analysis, you observe that your top point guard attempts around 20 shots from the field during
a random game. This player hits, in general, about 73% of these shots. What is the chance the player hits
more than 12 shots in a randomly selected game? This information will help the coach know when and
who to play during various times of the game.
P(X>12)=?
a) .1182
b) .8545
c) .9360
d) .2454

You've just been hired as an Assistant Offensive Coach for a Division I basketball school. As part of an
overall team analysis, you observe that your top point guard attempts around 20 shots from the field during
a random game. This player hits, in general, about 73% of these shots. What is the chance the player hits
more than 12 shots in a randomly selected game? This information will help the coach know when and
who to play during various times of the game.
P(X>12)=?
a) .1182
b) .8545
c) .9360
d) .2454

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Elementary Statistics a Step by Step Approach

Allan G. Bluman 9th Edition

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Solved by Expert Sheryl Ezze

09/06/2023

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The mean (μ) of shots made by the player in a game = 20 * 0.73 = 14.6 The standard deviation (σ) of shots made by the player in a game = sqrt(20 * 0.73 * (1-0.73)) = sqrt(20 * 0.73 * 0.27) = sqrt(3.942) ≈ 1.985 Show more…

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You've just been hired as an Assistant Offensive Coach for a Division I basketball school. As part of an overall team analysis, you observe that your top point guard attempts around 20 shots from the field during a random game. This player hits, in general, about 73% of these shots. What is the chance the player hits more than 12 shots in a randomly selected game? This information will help the coach know when and who to play during various times of the game. P(x>12)= ? a) .1182 b) .8545 c) .9360 d) .2454 You've just been hired as an Assistant Offensive Coach for a Division I basketball school.As part of an overall team analysis, you observe that your top point guard attempts around 20 shots from the field during a random game. This player hits, in general, about 73% of these shots. What is the chance the player hits more than 12 shots in a randomly selected game? This information will help the coach know when and who to play during various times of the game. P(X>12)=? a.1182 b.8545 c.9360 d.2454