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Oliver Queen is able to hit the bull's-eye (center of the target) 87% of the time. If he shoots 29 arrows, what is the probability that he hits the bull

eye exactly 13 times?

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The probability that he hits the bull's-eye in one shot is given by p = 0.87

Then, the probability that the hits the bull's-eye m times in n shots is given by:


P(m|n)=(n!)/(m!(n-m)!)p^m(1-p)^(n-m)

For n = 29 and m = 13 we have:


\begin{gathered} P(13|29)=(29!)/(13!16!)0.87^(13)\cdot0,13^(16) \\ P(13|29)=4.0\cdot10^(-8) \end{gathered}

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