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Problem 1: In 1994 the US Department of Justice introduced the three-strikes rule. The rule roughly stipulates that if a person has broken the law two times in the past, then they automatically get a mandatory life sentence if they break the law a third time. Assume that a specific person has a 10% probability of breaking the law each year, independently of other years. Furthermore, assume they can only break the law once in any given year. a) Determine the probability this person will receive a life-sentence exactly 5 years from now. b) Determine the probability this person will receive a life-sentence within the next 5 years. c) Repeat part (a), assuming this person has already broken the law once before

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