document.write( "Question 879665: Matt Cronin, a tennis analyst, has a rate of 0.125 for predicting the wrong
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document.write( "winner of a tennis match. In a Grand Slam tournament there are 120 matches
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document.write( "prior to quarter-final (64 matches in the 1st round, 32 matches in the 2nd
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document.write( "round, 16 matches in the 3rd round and 8 matches in the 4th round). Calculate
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document.write( "the probability that he predicted the winner:
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document.write( "(i) correctly in more than 12 matches in the 3rd round
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document.write( "(ii) wrongly in between 12 and 24 matches in the 1st round. \n" );
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Algebra.Com's Answer #531028 by ewatrrr(24785)![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! p(picking loser) = .125, p (picking winner) = .875 \n" ); document.write( "(i) correctly in more than 12 matches in the 3rd round: P= 1- binomcdf(16, .875, 12) \n" ); document.write( "(ii) wrongly in between 12 and 24 matches in the 1st round. \n" ); document.write( "binomcdf(64, .125, 24) - binomcdf(64, .125, 12) \n" ); document.write( " |