Julia enjoys shooting paper balls into the wastebasket across her office. She misses the first shot 50% of the time. When she misses on the first shot, she misses the second shot 20% of the time. What is the probability of missing two shots in a row

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Luciana Patel

18 April, 09:52

Julia enjoys shooting paper balls into the wastebasket across her office. She misses the first shot 50% of the time. When she misses on the first shot, she misses the second shot 20% of the time. What is the probability of missing two shots in a row

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Joe Hines · Answer 1

Since there is 50 percent of her missing the first shot and 20percent of her missing the second is she missed the first, multiply to get 10 percent of her missing two shots