Captain Ishaan has a ship, the H. M.S Crimson Lynx. The ship is four furlongs from the dread pirate Michael and his merciless band of thieves.
If his ship hasn't already been hit, Captain Ishaan has a probability 5/2 If his ship has been hit, Captain Ishaan will always miss.
If his ship hasn't already been hit, dread pirate Michael has a probability 8/3 of hitting the Captain's ship. If his ship has been hit, dread pirate Michael will always miss.

If the Captain and the pirate each shoot once, and the Captain shoots first, what is the probability that both the Captain and the pirate hit each other's ships?

0

Step-by-step explanation:

The probability of event A happening, then event B, is the probability of event A happening times the probability of event B happening given that event A already happened.

In this case, event A is the Captain hitting the pirate ship and event B is the pirate hitting the Captain's ship.

The Captain fires first, so his ship can't be sunk before he fires his cannons.

So, the probability of the Captain hitting the pirate ship is 2/5  

If the Captain hit the pirate ship, the pirate has no chance of firing back.

So, the probability of the pirate hitting the Captain's ship given the Captain hitting the pirate ship is 0.

yes

step-by-step explanation:

b

step-by-step explanation:

a difference is the result of subtraction. while each of these expressions has subtraction in it, a difference will be the result when subtraction is the last operation applied in the order of operations for the expression. this means subtraction must be outside of the parenthesis. only b has this.