A First Course in Probability (10th Edition)
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Q11 At a soccer (aka football) game, the probability of a goal keeper saving from a penalty kick
is 0.3. After facing five different penalty kicks, assuming each penalty kick is independent, what
is the probability that the goal keeper saves exactly three of the penalty kicks?
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