Question: 1. (10 points. Write all your steps leading to the answers.) In the woods, a hunter is shooting at a hare. The probability of success

 1. (10 points. Write all your steps leading to the answers.)

1. (10 points. Write all your steps leading to the answers.) In the woods, a hunter is shooting at a hare. The probability of success for his first shot is 1/2. If he misses his first shot, the probability of success for his second shot is 1/4. If he misses his second shot, the probability of success for his third shot is 1/8. If he misses his third shot, the probability of success for his forth shot is 1/16. (1) The probability that he hits the hare within his first 2 shots is most nearly (a) 0.7 (b) 0.8 (c) 0.9 (d) 1 (2) The probability that he hits the hare within his first 3 shots is most nearly (a) 1 (b) 0.9 (c) 0.8 (d) 0.7 (3) The probability that he hits the hare within his first 4 shots is most nearly (a) 0.9 (b) 0.7 (c) 1 (d) 0.8

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