A brilliant young golfer wins 15% of the tournaments she enters. We will assume the results of each tournament are independent of other tournaments. a) If she enters 20 tournaments this year, what is the probability she will win none of them? b) What is the expected value of the number of tournaments she must enter in order to win her first tournament? What is the variance of that number?

A brilliant young golfer wins 15% of the tournaments she enters. We will assume the results of each tournament are independent of other tournaments. a) If she enters 20 tournaments this year, what is the probability she will win none of them? b) What is the expected value of the number of tournaments she must enter in order to win her first tournament? What is the variance of that number?

A First Course in Probability (10th Edition)

10th Edition

ISBN:9780134753119

Author:Sheldon Ross

Publisher:Sheldon Ross

Chapter1: Combinatorial Analysis

Section: Chapter Questions

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