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Shaquille O'Neal is not recognized as good free throw shooter. Career average is 0.532 (53.2%). Suppose in a game Shaq takes 5 free throws.

a. What type of probability distribution is this? Explain (Binomial???)
b. What are the mean and standard deviation for the number of made free throws?
c. What is the probability that he will miss 4 of the next 5 free throws he takes?

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