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A basketball player has an 85% chance of making each free throw. What is the probability that the player makes exactly three out of six free throws?

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0.132651

Explanation:

for any 3 passes and any 3 fails the probability is: 0.85×0.85×0.85×0.15×0.15×0.15=0.0020726719

number of free throws: 6

number of possible variations and orders of scoring: 2⁶=64

probably for 3 on 6 is 0.0020726719×64=0.132651

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