Darts needed for a 90 percent bullseye chance
Question
Each dart Yugi throws hits the bullseye with probability , independently of all other throws. What is the fewest number of throws that gives him at least a chance of at least one bullseye?
Short answer
. All throws miss with probability , so we need , i.e. .
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