Timeline for A Shooting Target with 9 shots
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| Nov 14, 2017 at 9:34 | comment | added | Jasen | are you saying p(I) = p(II) = p(III)=p(miss)=0.25 ? | |
| Nov 14, 2017 at 9:27 | comment | added | Jasen |
If your shot lands inside circle I is it also inside circles II and III
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| Nov 13, 2017 at 5:50 | vote | accept | Oray | ||
| Nov 12, 2017 at 20:58 | vote | accept | Oray | ||
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| Nov 12, 2017 at 18:39 | comment | added | A. P. | @spacetyper One can still think of a spatial probability distribution for the hits. For example a Gaussian-like distribution with maximum probability density in the center would roughly make the probabilities of hitting either of the three circles or missing equal. | |
| Nov 12, 2017 at 18:25 | comment | added | spacetyper | @Oray Sure, but it's also completely non-intuitive in the context of the question and and the story around the question. If the chance to hit all three sections are the same, maybe show an image that has three concentric circles with the same area, or a circle divided into 3 sections, as if you were cutting a pizza into three equal sized pieces. | |
| Nov 12, 2017 at 18:23 | comment | added | Oray | @spacetyper this is not real life problem -.- | |
| Nov 12, 2017 at 18:22 | comment | added | spacetyper | So you have the same chance of hitting the center section (I), as you do hitting the outer section (III)? That doesn't make any sense. | |
| Nov 12, 2017 at 17:45 | history | edited | Oray | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Nov 12, 2017 at 3:39 | comment | added | Dr Xorile | Good point. I thought about this, but OP intent seems that this is not an option | |
| Nov 12, 2017 at 1:55 | comment | added | ffao | @DrXorile "if you can't see you'll try to hit every time" not necessarily, put 44 in all numbers, shoot once then 8 times at the ground for a 75% success rate. If you can't do this it should be specified in the question. | |
| Nov 11, 2017 at 23:05 | answer | added | spacetyper | timeline score: 0 | |
| Nov 11, 2017 at 20:42 | answer | added | Dr Xorile | timeline score: 5 | |
| Nov 11, 2017 at 20:01 | comment | added | Oray | @DrXorile yep, you cannot be sure you hit or not before the shooting target is seen. | |
| Nov 11, 2017 at 19:59 | comment | added | Dr Xorile | Oh, so you can't see what your score is as you are going? In that case if you got to 44 you could start missing. But if you can't see then you'll just try to hit every time. | |
| Nov 11, 2017 at 19:57 | comment | added | Oray | @DrXorile actually you are trying to hit, but the chances are the same and you may assume that you are not trying to miss a shot for simplicity. | |
| Nov 11, 2017 at 19:53 | comment | added | Dr Xorile | Can you miss deliberately? I understand you're saying that there's 25% chance of the three areas and missing, but does the soldier also have the option of just aiming at the ground or whatever? | |
| Nov 11, 2017 at 18:39 | history | asked | Oray | CC BY-SA 3.0 |