A marksman fires at a target made up of a central circular disk and two concentric rings. The probabilities of hitting the disk and the rings are 0.35, 0.30 and 0.25, respectively. What is the probability of missing the target?

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Moshe Middleton

Mathematics

29 April, 01:46

A marksman fires at a target made up of a central circular disk and two concentric rings. The probabilities of hitting the disk and the rings are 0.35, 0.30 and 0.25, respectively. What is the probability of missing the target?

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Franklin Watson · Answer 1

0.34125

Step-by-step explanation:

The probability of missing each of the target Is

(1 - each target).

(1-0.35) = 0.65

(1-0.30) = 0.70

(1-0.25) = 0.75

Then each of the probability multiplied together

0.65 * 0.70 * 0.75 = 0.34125.