Probability of A winning the match when individual probabilities of hitting the target given

Last Updated : 22 Jun, 2022

Given four integers a, b, c and d. Player A & B try to score a penalty. Probability of A shooting the target is a / b while probability of B shooting the target is c / d. The player who scores the penalty first wins. The task is to find the probability of A winning the match.
Examples: 
 

Input: a = 1, b = 3, c = 1, d = 3 
Output: 0.6
Input: a = 1, b = 2, c = 10, d = 11 
Output: 0.52381 
 


 


Approach: If we consider variables K = a / b as the probability of A shooting the target and R = (1 - (a / b)) * (1 - (c / d)) as the probability that A as well as B both missing the target. 
Therefore, the solution forms a Geometric progression K * R0 + K * R1 + K * R2 + ..... whose sum is (K / 1 - R). After putting the values of K and R we get the formula as K * (1 / (1 - (1 - r) * (1 - k))).
Below is the implementation of the above approach: 
 

C++
// C++ implementation of the approach
#include <bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;

// Function to return the probability of A winning
double getProbability(int a, int b, int c, int d)
{

    // p and q store the values
    // of fractions a / b and c / d
    double p = (double)a / (double)b;
    double q = (double)c / (double)d;

    // To store the winning probability of A
    double ans = p * (1 / (1 - (1 - q) * (1 - p)));
    return ans;
}

// Driver code
int main()
{
    int a = 1, b = 2, c = 10, d = 11;
    cout << getProbability(a, b, c, d);

    return 0;
}
Java
// Java implementation of the approach
class GFG 
{

// Function to return the probability
// of A winning
static double getProbability(int a, int b, 
                             int c, int d) 
{

    // p and q store the values
    // of fractions a / b and c / d
    double p = (double) a / (double) b;
    double q = (double) c / (double) d;

    // To store the winning probability of A
    double ans = p * (1 / (1 - (1 - q) * 
                               (1 - p)));
    return ans;
}

// Driver code
public static void main(String[] args)
{
    int a = 1, b = 2, c = 10, d = 11;
    System.out.printf("%.5f", 
               getProbability(a, b, c, d));
}
}

// This code contributed by Rajput-Ji
Python3
# Python3 implementation of the approach 

# Function to return the probability
# of A winning 
def getProbability(a, b, c, d) : 

    # p and q store the values 
    # of fractions a / b and c / d 
    p = a / b;
    q = c / d;
    
    # To store the winning probability of A
    ans = p * (1 / (1 - (1 - q) * (1 - p)));
    
    return round(ans,5); 

# Driver code 
if __name__ == "__main__" : 

    a = 1; b = 2; c = 10; d = 11; 
    print(getProbability(a, b, c, d)); 

# This code is contributed by Ryuga
C#
// C# implementation of the approach 
using System;

class GFG
{

// Function to return the probability 
// of A winning 
public static double getProbability(int a, int b, 
                                    int c, int d)
{

    // p and q store the values 
    // of fractions a / b and c / d 
    double p = (double) a / (double) b;
    double q = (double) c / (double) d;

    // To store the winning probability of A 
    double ans = p * (1 / (1 - (1 - q) * 
                               (1 - p)));
    return ans;
}

// Driver code 
public static void Main(string[] args)
{
    int a = 1, b = 2, c = 10, d = 11;
    Console.Write("{0:F5}", 
                   getProbability(a, b, c, d));
}
}

// This code is contributed by Shrikant13
PHP
<?php
// PHP implementation of the approach

// Function to return the probability 
// of A winning
function getProbability($a, $b, $c, $d)
{

    // p and q store the values
    // of fractions a / b and c / d
    $p = $a / $b;
    $q = $c / $d;

    // To store the winning probability of A
    $ans = $p * (1 / (1 - (1 - $q) * (1 - $p)));
    return round($ans,6);
}

// Driver code
$a = 1;
$b = 2;
$c = 10;
$d = 11;
echo getProbability($a, $b, $c, $d);

// This code is contributed by chandan_jnu
?>
JavaScript
<script>

// JavaScript implementation of the approach    

// Function to return the probability
// of A winning
    function getProbability(a , b , c , d) {

        // p and q store the values
        // of fractions a / b and c / d
        var p =  a /  b;
        var q =  c /  d;

        // To store the winning probability of A
        var ans = p * (1 / (1 - (1 - q) * (1 - p)));
        return ans;
    }

    // Driver code
    
        var a = 1, b = 2, c = 10, d = 11;
        document.write( getProbability(a, b, c, d).toFixed(5));

// This code contributed by aashish1995

</script>

Output: 
0.52381

 

 Time Complexity: O(1)
Auxiliary Space: O(1) 

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