A marksman scores a bull's eye on 90% of his shots. (Assume the shots are independent.) (a) What is the probability he gets at least eight bull's eyes if he shoots 10 times? (b) If he shoots until he gets eight bull's eyes, what is the probability he needs at most ten shots? (c) What is the expected number of times in the long run that the marksman will score a bull's eye in 10 shots? (d) What is the expected number of shots in the long run that the marksman will need to take to score 8 bull's eye? (e) On average, how many non-bull's eye shots will the marksman take before scoring the first bull's eye?

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A marksman scores a bull's eye on 90% of his shots. (Assume the shots are independent.)
(a) What is the probability he gets at least eight bull's eyes if he shoots 10 times?
(b) If he shoots until he gets eight bull's eyes, what is the probability he needs at most
ten shots?
(c) What is the expected number of times in the long run that the marksman will score
a bull's eye in 10 shots?
(d) What is the expected number of shots in the long run that the marksman will need
to take to score 8 bull's eye?
(e) On average, how many non-bull's eye shots will the marksman take before scoring
the first bull's eye?
Transcribed Image Text:A marksman scores a bull's eye on 90% of his shots. (Assume the shots are independent.) (a) What is the probability he gets at least eight bull's eyes if he shoots 10 times? (b) If he shoots until he gets eight bull's eyes, what is the probability he needs at most ten shots? (c) What is the expected number of times in the long run that the marksman will score a bull's eye in 10 shots? (d) What is the expected number of shots in the long run that the marksman will need to take to score 8 bull's eye? (e) On average, how many non-bull's eye shots will the marksman take before scoring the first bull's eye?
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