SOLUTION: A magazine employs two proofreaders who carefully inspect every article. The probability that the first proofreader will miss an error is 0.01. If the error passes the first​ ins

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Question 1155971: A magazine employs two proofreaders who carefully inspect every article. The probability that the first proofreader will miss an error is 0.01. If the error passes the first​ inspector, the probability that the second proofreader will miss an error is 0.1. What is the probability that an error will be missed by both​ proofreaders?
Answer by ikleyn(52781)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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This probability is 0.01*0.1 = 0.001.


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