Brandon is an amateur marksman. When he takes aim at a particular target on the shooting range, there is a 0.1, point, probabili
ty that he will hit it. One day, Brandon decides to attempt to hit 10 such targets in a row. Assuming that Brandon is equally likely to hit each of the 10 targets, what is the probability that he will hit at least one of them?
In this situation it is much easier to calculate the probability of the event we are looking for (he hits at least one target) by calculating the probability of its complement (he misses every target), and subtracting from 1.
If George's bike weighs 15 pounds, then we can say that because Obed's bike is 3 pounds heavier than George's, Obed's bike weighs 18 pounds. If Obed's bike weighs 18 pounds, then we can say that because Elsa's bike is twice as heavy as Obed's, Elsa's bike weighs 9 pounds.