Suppose a basketball player, Player A, made 80% of her free throw attempts last season and that she continues to shoot free throws at the same rate. Assume that free throw attempts are independent. Let the random variable X be the number of free throws that player A makes in her next 15 attempts.
a) What is the distribution of X?
b) Find the mean and standard deviation of X.
c) Find the probability that player A makes exactly 10 free throws.
d) Find the probability that player A makes at least 8 free throws.

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Suppose a basketball player, Player A, made 80% of her free throw attempts last season and that she continues to shoot free throws at the same rate. Assume that free throw attempts are independent. Let the random variable X be the number of free throws that player A makes in her next 15 attempts. 
a) What is the distribution of X? 
b) Find the mean and standard deviation of X. 
c) Find the probability that player A makes exactly 10 free throws. 
d) Find the probability that player A makes at least 8 free throws.

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