Who Goes First?

★ 7/10StatisticsprobabilityBinomial Theorem

Problem

A shooting contest has two stages, and each team consists of two players. In stage one, one team member shoots 33 times; if all 33 shots miss, the team is eliminated with score 00; if at least one shot succeeds, the team advances to stage two, where the other member shoots 33 times, scoring 55 points per successful shot and 00 otherwise. The team's score is the total from stage two. A team consists of players 11 and 22; player 11 succeeds on each shot with probability pp and player 22 with probability qq, all shots independent.

1. If p=0.4p = 0.4 and q=0.5q = 0.5 and player 11 shoots in stage one, find the probability that the team scores at least 55 points. 2. Assume 0<p<q0 < p < q.

  1. To maximize the probability that the team scores exactly 1515 points, who should shoot in stage one?
  2. To maximize the expected value of the team's score, who should shoot in stage one?

Answer

Solution

Difficulty7/10
TopicsStatistics, probability, Binomial Theorem

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