A First Course in Probability (10th Edition)
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Suppose
George
wins
38%
of all
thumb wars.
(a) What is the probability that
George
wins
two
thumb wars
in a row?(b) What is the probability that
George
wins
four
thumb wars
in a row?(c) When events are independent, their complements are independent as well. Use this result to determine the probability that
George
wins
four
thumb wars
in a row, but
does not win
five
in a row.(a) The probability that
George
wins
two
thumb wars
in a row is
nothing.
(Round to four decimal places as needed.)
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