It is known that a certain basketball player will successfully make a free throw 85.13% of the time. Suppose that the basketball player attempts to make 13 free throws. What is the probability that the basketball player will make at least 11 free throws? Let X be the random variable which denotes the number of free throws that are made by the basketball player. Find the expected value and standard deviation of the random variable. E(X)= σ=

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It is known that a certain basketball player will successfully make a free throw 85.13% of the time. Suppose that the basketball player attempts to make 13 free throws. What is the
probability that the basketball player will make at least 11 free throws?
Let X be the random variable which denotes the number of free throws that are made by the basketball player. Find the expected value and standard deviation of the random variable.
E(X)=
Transcribed Image Text:It is known that a certain basketball player will successfully make a free throw 85.13% of the time. Suppose that the basketball player attempts to make 13 free throws. What is the probability that the basketball player will make at least 11 free throws? Let X be the random variable which denotes the number of free throws that are made by the basketball player. Find the expected value and standard deviation of the random variable. E(X)=
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