September 23, 2003

Foul Shots (Binomial Distribution)

The Carolina basketball team wins many games by thoroughly understanding how to calculate probabilities.

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We can organize what we have learned into a general formula.

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Formulas are nice, but it might be quicker to use the table in the back of the book.

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Posted by bparke at September 23, 2003 11:36 PM