An anti-aircraft gun takes a maximum of four shots at an enemy plane moving away from it. The probabilities of hitting the plane at the first,second,third,and fourth shot are $0.4, 0.3, 0.2$,and $0.1$ respectively. The probability that the gun hits the plane is

  • A
    $0.25$
  • B
    $0.21$
  • C
    $0.16$
  • D
    $0.6976$

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