Answer:
a=
Step-by-step explanation:
As we have 2 of the angles, we can find the third. The measure of the third angle is 45 degrees.
As this is the same measure as the other, that means that the side length will be the same.
Now was have two side lengths of 17 in a right triangle, so we can use the Pythagorean theorem to find a.
Recall that the pythagorean theorem states:
In this case, a is 17, b is 17, and c is a
Knowing this, we can input our value into this formula and solve for a.
1) 4.55
2) Short hit
Step-by-step explanation:
1)
The table containing the score and the relative probability of each score is:
Score 3 4 5 6 7
Probability 0.15 0.40 0.25 0.15 0.05
Here we call
X = Miguel's score on the Water Hole
The expected value of a certain variable X is given by:
where
are all the possible values that the variable X can take
is the probability that
Therefore in this problem, the expected value of MIguel's score is given by:
2)
In this problem, we call:
X = Miguel's score on the Water Hole
Here we have that:
- If the long hit is successfull, the expected value of X is
- Instead, if the long hit fails, the expected value of X is
Here we also know that the probability of a successfull long hit is
Which means that the probabilty of an unsuccessfull long hit is
Therefore, the expected value of X if Miguel chooses the long hit approach is:
In part 1) of the problem, we saw that the expected value for the short hit was instead
Since the expected value for X is lower (=better) for the short hit approach, we can say that the short hit approach is better.