In tennis, when the player serving the ball serves the ball out of bounds they get to
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In tennis, when the player serving the ball serves the ball out of bounds they get to attempt a second and final serve. Knowing that they will get a second serve, the first serve is often made as hard a possible (called a blast), even though such a serve lands in bounds only 60% of the time. When the blast first serve is in, they win the point 80% of the time. When the first serve is out, their gentler second serve wins the point 45% of the time. Use a tree diagram representing the probabilities of winning the point for the first two serves to determine the probability that the server eventually wins the point when their first serve is a blast.
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Finite Mathematics And Its Applications
ISBN: 9780137616619
13th Edition
Authors: Larry J. Goldstein, David I. Schneider, Martha J. Siegel , Jill Simmons