Sentence examples for probabilities of hitting from inspiring English sources

We found that these small deviations had negligible effect on subjects' estimated probabilities of hitting targets.

The second question was whether the probabilities of hitting the two targets were statistically independent, affected only by the time allocated to each movement.

To examine the independence assumption, we looked at the correlation between the movement endpoints of the first and the second movements, and also looked at the conditional probabilities of hitting the second target when the first target was hit and when the first target was missed.

It's about the same probability of hitting a field goal from the 20-yard line.

In contrast to the 29percentt probability of hitting the $1 million target in the original scheme, this reverse scheme's odds were 45percentt.

"From a structural standpoint, it gives Dell opportunities for growth, and a greater probability of hitting that than someone who has only one or two opportunities".

The tool then tells you the probability of hitting a specific maximum gain or maximum loss, so you decide if you want to take that risk.

The less obvious flaw here is that weight training might increase the probability of hitting a home run, even if it was a fat pitch.

"The first thing is to do the survey to find out if there are any asteroids which seem to be on course with a high probability of hitting within the next 50 years.

That Aten asteroid, which has a diameter of about 375 metres (1,230 feet), is predicted to pass within 32,000 km (20,000 miles) of Earth i.e., closer than communications satellites in geostationary orbits—on April 13 , 2029 during that passage its probability of hitting Earth is thought to be near zero.

But in the highly unlikely event that a 1km asteroid discovered tomorrow was shown to have a high probability of hitting the Earth on some day towards the middle or end of this century then it is quite plausible to assume that its orbit could and would be altered in the intervening decades (decades of warning are much more likely, in this case, than just a few years).