[Math] Probability of darts landing an specified areas

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I have a homework question that contains multiple parts, I have been able to solve part a-c, however I am unsure of how to do part d.

The question reads:

Suppose you throw a dart at a circular target of radius $10$ inches.
Assuming that you hit the target and that the coordinates of the
outcomes are chosen at random, what is the probability that the dart
falls

(d) within the first quadrant and within $2$ inches of the rim.

My thoughts:

part b asked what is the probability that it is within $2$ inches of the rim, which I found to be $1- \dfrac{\pi 64}{\pi 100} = \dfrac{36}{100}$.

part c asked what is the probability that it hits within the first quadrant of the target. which I found to be $\dfrac{1}{4}$.

Now, my thoughts for part d is to simple multiple these two together, because it is asking for the intersection.

So would the answer be $\dfrac{1}{4} \left(1-\dfrac{\pi 64}{ \pi 100}\right)$?

Best Answer

So here are lots of details.

To get the area of the two inch rim, we want $$A = \pi(10)^2-\pi(10-2)^2 = \pi36.$$ But we are only interested in the section that is in the first quadrant, which is $$\frac{1}{4}A = \pi9.$$

So the probability of interest is $$\frac{\pi9}{\pi100} = \frac{9}{100}.$$


If you wanted to try to use complements, then if $R = \{\text{Hit 2 inch rim in Q1}\}$ and $\bar R = \{\text{Miss Q1 rim }\}$, then \begin{align*} P(R) &= 1-P(\bar R) \\ &=1-[P(\text{Hit quadrants 2,3,4})+P(\text{Miss rim in Q1 })]\\ &= 1-\left(\frac{3}{4}\left(\frac{\pi100}{\pi100}\right)+\frac{3}{4}\left(\frac{\pi(10-2)^2}{\pi(10)^2}\right)\right) \\ &=1-\frac{91}{100} \\ &= \frac{9}{100}. \end{align*}

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