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VMariaS [17]
2 years ago
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Captain Jessica has a ship, the H.M.S Crimson Lynx. The ship is two furlongs from the dread pirate Ishaan and his merciless band

of thieves. If her ship hasn't already been hit, Captain Jessica has probability 2/5 of hitting the pirate ship. If her ship has been hit, Captain Jessica will always miss. If his ship hasn't already been hit, dread pirate Ishaan has probability 3/8 of hitting the Captain's ship. If his ship has been hit, dread pirate Ishaan will always miss. If the Captain and the pirate each shoot once, and the Captain shoots first, what is the probability that the Captain misses the pirate ship, but the pirate hits?
Mathematics
2 answers:
Phoenix [80]2 years ago
5 0

Answer:

9/40

Step-by-step explanation:

The probability of event A happening, then event B, is the probability of event A happening times the probability of event B happening given that event A already happened.

In this case, event A is the Captain missing the pirate ship and event B is the pirate hitting the Captain's ship.

The Captain fires first, so her ship can't be sunk before she fires her cannons.

So, the probability of the Captain missing the pirate ship is

3/5

If the Captain missed the pirate ship, the pirate has a normal chance to fire back.

So, the probability of the pirate hitting the Captain's ship given the Captain missing the pirate ship is

3/8

The probability that the Captain misses the pirate ship, but the pirate hits is then the probability of the Captain missing the pirate ship times the probability of the pirate hitting the Captain's ship given the Captain missing the pirate ship.

this is 3/5 X 3/8 = 9/40

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Luda [366]2 years ago
4 0

Answer:

9/40

Step-by-step explanation

multiply the two fractions

leave as fraction

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