A dart board contains 20 equally-sized sectors numbered 1 to 20. A dart is rando

mattgondek4

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2021-09-23

A dart board contains 20 equally-sized sectors numbered 1 to 20. A dart is randomly tossed at the board 10 times.
a) What is the probability that the dart lands in the sector labeled 20 a total of 5 times?
b) What is the expected number of times the dart would land in a given sector?

Answer & Explanation

Liyana Mansell

Liyana Mansell

Skilled2021-09-24Added 97 answers

Step 1
Given:
A Dart board containing 20 equally-sized sectors numbered 1 to 20
The probability of a dart hitting a particular sector =120=0.05
n=10
It will follow a Binomial distribution
XB(10,0.05)
The full binomial probability formula with the binomial coefficient is:
P(X)=n!X!(nX)!pX(1p)nXwhere n is the number of trials,
p is the probability of success on a single trial, and
X is the number of successes.
Step 2
a) Substituting in values for this problem,
n=10,p=0.05,and X=5
P(5)=10!5!(105)!0.055(10.05)105
Evaluating the expression,
P(5)=0.00006093525
b) The expected number of items the dart would land in a given sector =np=100.05=0.5

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