certain dog can catch a properly thrown tennis ball with a probability of 0.95. unfortunately, this dog has dropped the last six properly thrown tennis balls. the owner explains that the next throw has to be caught by the dog because he never misses this many. is the owners reasoning correct?

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a certain dog can catch a properly thrown tennis ball with a probability of 0.95. unfortunately, this dog has dropped the last six properly thrown tennis balls. the owner explains that the next throw has to be caught by the dog because he never misses this many. is the owners reasoning correct?

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