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a marksman has a probability of 0.268 for hitting a certain long-range target. what is the probability that it takes 5 shots for the marksman to hit the long-range target? (round your answer to three decimal places, if necessary.)



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The probability of the marksman hitting the long-range target in 5 shots is 0.1429.

The geometric distribution is a Bernoulli experiment that predicts the likelihood of the first success after a certain number of failures. Negative-binomial and binomial distributions are two different forms of Bernoulli trials.

P = 0.268

x = 5

Use the geometric probability mass function below to calculate the probability:

P(X = x) = [tex](1 - P)^{(x-1)}[/tex]× P

P(X = x) = [tex](1 - 0.268)^{(3-1)}[/tex]× 0.268

P(X = x) = 0.1429

The probability that it takes 5 shots for the marksman to hit the long-range target is 0.1429.

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