KSan is begging for stats help. Can anyone remind me how to set up this problem??

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  October 08, 2008 at 20:11 KSan A basketball player has a .4 chance to make any given basket. If he shoots 4 times
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  October 08, 2008 at 20:11 KSan what is the probability that he will make 0 baskets?
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  October 08, 2008 at 20:12 KSan says I just can't remember how to set it up and it's driving me mad.
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  October 08, 2008 at 20:18 frankmartin says 1-(.4*.4*.4*.4)
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  October 08, 2008 at 20:18 frankmartin says I think
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  October 08, 2008 at 20:20 frankmartin says wait - that doesn't make sense when I work it out
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  October 08, 2008 at 20:21 frankmartin says The prob that he will MISS each time is .6
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  October 08, 2008 at 20:22 frankmartin says So the prob that he will miss 4x is .6*.6*.6*.6 or .13
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  October 08, 2008 at 20:22 frankmartin says makes much more sense now!
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  October 08, 2008 at 20:23 Jen says there ya go. I was gonna make dan get on here, but tada!
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  October 08, 2008 at 20:30 KSan says Hmmmm
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  October 08, 2008 at 20:31 KSan thinks It's slightly less then blindingly obvious now! Thanks!