Question

Pedro has determined that the probability his shot will score in a lacrosse game is 0.30.

What is the probability that he will score on two consecutive shots?

Answer 1

For two shots Pedro has four outcomes:

1 shot | 2 shot

score | score

score | not score

not score | score

not score | not score

The probability Pedro's shot will score in a lacrosse game is 0.30 and the probability his shot will not score in a lacrosse game is 1-0.30=0.70. So you can count probabilities for all cases:

1. 0.3·0.3=0.09;

2. 0.3·0.7=0.21;

3. 0.7·0.3=0.21;

4. 0.7·0.7=0.49.

In total 0.09+0.21+0.21+0.49=1. The first outcomes is that what you need.

Answer: 0.09.

Answer 2

The probability that he will score two consecutive shot is 0.09

What is Probability?

Probability is the likelihood or chance that an event will occur.

• From the given question, we are told that the probability Pedro shot will score in a lacrosse game is 0.30,

• If he will score two consecutive shots, the required probability will be expressed as:
  Probability = 0.3 * 0.3 = 0.09

Hence the probability that he will score two consecutive shot is 0.09

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