SOLUTION: 1. Probability of hitting a target is 3/4 by a person . Suppose person have fired 5 bullets then what is the probability of target being shot?

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Question 664348: 1. Probability of hitting a target is 3/4 by a person . Suppose person have fired 5 bullets then what is the probability of target being shot?

Answer by vleith(2983) (Show Source):
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It is easier for me to turn the question around to be 'If I shoot 5 times at a target with an accuracy of 75%, what is the chances of me not hitting the target even once?"
So what are the odds of missing 5 times in a row? Once I have that, then it is easy to see what my odds of htting at least once is.
I have a 1 in 4 chance of missing on each shoot. What are the odds of missing 5 times in succession?

calcualte that and then subtract that from 1 to get the odds on the converse