Suppose a Basketball Player Is an Excellent Free Throw Shooter

Multiple Choice

Suppose a basketball player is an excellent free throw shooter and makes 92% of his free throws (i.e., he has a 92% chance of making a single free throw) . Assume that free throw shots are
Independent of one another. Find the probability that the player misses three consecutive free
Throws.

A) 0.0005
B) 0.2213
C) 0.9995
D) 0.7787