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Probability for firing shots independently and at random into the circular target with unit radius.
Typeset problem statement about shots fired at a circular target with four annular zones, followed by the poster's answers to parts (a) and (b) as formulas, and a question asking whose answer to (b) is correct.
 
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The book answer to b) is correct. The probability that all five shots land in the outer part of the disk is ##(\frac 3 4)^5##. And the probability that at least one lands in the inner disk is the complement of this.
 
PeroK said:
The book answer to b) is correct. The probability that all five shots land in the outer part of the disk is ##(\frac 3 4)^5##. And the probability that at least one lands in the inner disk is the complement of this.
Please study the figure given below:

Concentric circles with radii labelled 1/4, 1/2, 3/4 and 1, drawn from the innermost circle outward.
1, 3/4 1/2, 1/4 are the radii of the concerned concentric circles.
 
Yes, I know. It's not to scale, but the answer remains ##1- (\frac 3 4)^5##.