A basketball player normally has a 70% chance of making a free throw. The player shoots until finally making a basket, where $x$ is the number of shots they take. Is this a binomial experiment?

In Exercises 17 and 18, (a) construct a binomial distribution, (b) graph the binomial distribution using a histogram and describe its shape, and (c) identify any values of the random variable x that you would consider unusual. Explain your reasoning.

Seventy-two percent of U.S adults have read a book in any format in the past year. You randomly select five U.S adults and ask them whether they have read a book in any format in the past year. The random variable represents the number of adults who have read a book in any format in the past year. (Source: Pew Research)

Mean, Variance, and Standard Deviation In Exercises 11–14, find the mean, variance, and standard deviation of the binomial distribution with the given values of n and p.

n = 316, p = 0.82

Unusual Events In Exercises 37 and 38, find the indicated probabilities. Then determine if the event is unusual. Explain your reasoning.

Rock-Paper-Scissors The probability of winning a game of rock-paper-scissors is 1/3. You play nine games of rock-paper-scissors. Find the probability that the number of games you win is (b) more than five

Constructing and Graphing Discrete Probability Distributions In Exercises 19 and 20, (a) construct a probability distribution, and (b) graph the probability distribution using a histogram and describe its shape.

Televisions The number of high-definition (HD) televisions per household in a small town

You take a 6-question quiz with True/False questions. What is the probability of getting all 6 questions correct by simply guessing?

National surveys indicate that 36% of people have been in a car accident in the last 5 years. If you randomly sample 10 people, how likely is that exactly 4 have had an accident in the last 5 years?

Based on historical weather data in a certain city, about 62% of the days are cloudy. Find the mean, standard deviation, and variance for the number of cloudy days in a 30-day month.

A gardener plants 8 seeds, and each has a 65% probability of germinating successfully. Find the probability that less than 4 seeds germinate successfully.