Every year Taylor goes to the same carnival, and he attempts to shoot a basketball into a small hoop, hoping that he will win a ten-foot tall teddy bear. If the probability that Taylor does not make a basket is 2/5, what is the probability that Taylor makes exactly one basket in three tries?
Choose one.
A) 36/125  B) 36/120  C) 30/125  D) 30/140  E) 36/140
Probability of basket = 3/5   Probability of no basket = 2/5   Required probability=3* 3/5*2/5*2/5   =36/125   36/125 is the answer .
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Every year Taylor goes to the same carnival, and he attempts to shoot a basketball into a small hoop, hoping that he will win a ten-foot tall teddy bear. If the probability that Taylor does not make a basket is 2/5, what is the probability that Taylor makes exactly one basket in three tries?