Question: A collection of field goal kickers are divided into groups 1 and 2. Group i has 3i kickers. On any kick, a kicker from group

A collection of field goal kickers are divided into groups 1 and 2. Group i has 3i kickers. On any kick, a kicker from group i will kick a field goal with probability + independent of the outcome of any other kicks.
(a) A kicker is selected at random from among all the kickers and attempts one field goal. Let K be the event that a field goal is kicked. Find P[K].
(b) Two kickers are selected at random; Kj is the event that kicker j kicks a field goal. Are K1 and K2 independent?
(c) A kicker is selected at random and attempts 10 field goals. Let M be the number of misses. Find P[M = 5].

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a There are 3 group 1 kickers and 6 group 2 kickers Using G i to denote that a group i kicker was chosen we have P G 1 13 P G 2 23 1 In addition the p... View full answer

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