what are your thoughts?There is a target.
You have a 16% chance to hit it each try.
You have 3 tries to hit it.
Once you hit it or you try 3 times you stop. (so if you hit it on the first try, you stop)
What is the chance of you hitting the target once.
what are your thoughts?
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I'm also uncertain about the "Once you hit it or you try 3 times you stop. (so if you hit it on the first try, you stop)" part
This looks good to me though there is another way shown by ksdhartWell I'm not sure if I'm right or wrong. I got 40.73% from P=1-(84/100)^3=1-(0.84)^3=1-0.5927=0.40729
I just wanted to see how somebody else would do it or if there was a better way.