An oil prospector will drill a succession of holes in a given area to find a productive well. the probability that he is successful on a given trial is .2. a what is the probability that the third hole drilled is the first to yield a productive well

0.128 is the probability that the third hole drilled is the first to yield a productive well.

Step-by-step explanation:

We are given the following information in the question:

The probability that he is successful on a given trial is 0.2    

p = 0.2

q = 1 - p = 0.8

We define the geometric probability as:

For this we have x = 3, putting the values we have:

0.128 is the probability that the third hole drilled is the first to yield a productive well.

your answer would be 12

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step-by-step explanation:

given the function as;

write the equation replacing f(x) with y

form   and fill a table containing values of y with corresponding values of x

you can take a range for   values of x as -3≤x≤3

solving for x=-3

for x=-2

repeat the same procedure to get the values of y for the remaining ,x=-1 to x=3

plot the values of y against values   of x and obtain the following graph