SOLUTION: Ronaldo shot misses a target 90% of the time, what is the probability that the player will hit the target for the first time on the sixteenth shot?

SOLUTION: Ronaldo shot misses a target 90% of the time, what is the probability that the player will hit the target for the first time on the sixteenth shot?

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Question 1143550: Ronaldo shot misses a target 90% of the time, what is the probability that the player will hit the target for the first time on the sixteenth shot?
Answer by ikleyn(52790) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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15 times misses a target with the probability 0.9 and, finally, gets the target at the 16-th shot


    P =  = 0.020589  (approximately).    ANSWER

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