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4) An association football (soccer) striker never hits the ball above the crossbar. However, in the horizontal direction, his strikes are normally distributed and centered 3 feet to the left of the goal center with a standard deviation of 8 feet. What is the probability that he will score a goal on a given attempt? (Hint: You need to first find the width of a soccer goal. Also, assume that all strikes in the goal region result in a goal.)
Let X be the distance from the goal center (in the horizontal direction) that the striker strikes on any given attempt, such that X is positive if it is to the right of the goal center and is negative if it is to the left of the goal center. We can say that X has a normal distribution with mean (it is towards the left of goal center) and standard deviation
The width of a soccer goal is 24 feet. The striker will score if he strikes within 12 feet from the goal center.
the probability that he will score a goal on a given attempt is
ans: the probability that he will score a goal on a given attempt is 0.8407