ou decide to learn a new hobby and take up archery. You can hit the target 34% of the time. If you shoot 10 arrows what is the probability that you get more than 1 of them in the target?

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You decide to learn a new hobby and take up archery. You can hit the target 34% of the time. If you shoot 10 arrows what is the probability that you get more than 1 of them in the target?

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The probability of hitting a shot on the target is: p=0.34

The total number of shots taken is: n=10

The expression to calculate the probability of not hitting a got on target is,

q=1-p

Substitute values in the above expression.

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By the binomial expression, the probability of hitting 'x' shots is,

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Substitute values in the above expression.

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