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1a) The probability of a basketball player shooting into the basket is 0.4. He is going to shoot 20 times. i) What is the probability

1a) The probability of a basketball player shooting into the basket is 0.4. He is going to shoot 20 times.

i) What is the probability that he scores 2 times? (1 mark)

ii) What is the probability that he scores more than 7 times? (3 marks)

1b) In a session of a basketball game, the average number of slam dunks is 5. Assuming that the distribution of slam dunk follows a Poisson Distribution,

i) find the probability of having 6 slam dunk in a session. (1 mark)

ii) find the probability of at least 2 slam dunks in a session. (3 marks)

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