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abern

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The statistics of a particular basketball player state that he makes, on average, 4 out of every 5 free throw attempts. This player is about to make 5 free throw attempts. We wish to calculate the probability that all 5 attempts result in a goal. Explain how you would choose random digits to simulate this scenario.

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In a survey of n = 100 people, 10 are left-handed. Using the exact formula for margin of error, calculate the margin of error for a 95 confidence interval.
 a. 0.03
  b. 0.05
  c. 0.06
  d. 0.10


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Ahnyah

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Reply #1 on: Jul 24, 2018
Answer to Question 1

Generate random numbers between 1 and 5 . Digits 1 to 4 will represent a goal and the 5 will represent a miss. Each repetition will consist of 5 values. Anytime we see a sequence without a 5, all attempts result in a goal.

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abern

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Reply #2 on: Jul 24, 2018
Both answers were spot on, thank you once again


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Reply #3 on: Jul 24, 2018
Great! Please up vote :D


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