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Transcribed Image Text:2) A particular NBA player is a career 59% field goal shooter. If he takes 50 shots, find:
a) the probability he makes at most 30 using the normal approximation to the binomial.
b) the probability he makes exactly 28 using the normal approximation to the binomial.
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