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document.write( "A three-stage rocket has the following probabilities for failure: The probability for failure at stage one is 1/6; at stage two,1/8; and at stage three,1/10. What is the probability of a successful flight, given that the first stage was successful?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "A three-stage rocket has the following probabilities for failure: The probability for failure at stage one is 1/6; at stage two,1/8; and at stage three,1/10. What is the probability of a successful flight, given that the first stage was successful?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "P(success|1st stage success) = P(all succeed)/P(1st stage succeed)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "= [(5/6)*(7/8)*(9/10)]/[5/6] = (7/8)(9/10 = 63/80<BR>\n" );
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