Mathematical Statistics with Applications
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Author: Dennis Wackerly, William Mendenhall, Richard L. Scheaffer
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 2.8, Problem 93E
In a game, a participant is given three attempts to hit a ball. On each try, she either scores a hit, H, or a miss, M. The game requires that the player must alternate which hand she uses in successive attempts. That is, if she makes her first attempt with her right hand, she must use her left hand for the second attempt and her right hand for the third. Her chance of scoring a hit with her right hand is .7 and with her left hand is .4. Assume that the results of successive attempts are independent and that she wins the game if she scores at least two hits in a row. If she makes her first attempt with her right hand, what is the
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Mathematical Statistics with Applications
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