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The probability that Liu Yang makes a three-point shot in basketball is 10\%10%10, percent. For practice, Liu Yang will regularly shoot a series of these shots until she makes one. She's curious how many shots it will typically take her to get her first successful shot.

She simulated 303030 trials of three-point shots where each shot had a 0.10.10, point, 1 probability of being made, and in each trial, she counted how many shots it took to get the first successful shot. Here are her results:

Use her results to estimate the probability that it takes 111111 or more shots to get her first successful shot.

Give your answer as either a fraction or a decimal.

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