document.write( "Question 326578: I am not sure what to use since they are asking for a probabilty that \"none fail\". It reads:
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document.write( "An alarm system has ten fail-safe components. The probability of each failing is .07. What is the probability that none will fail?
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document.write( "I have made it this far...
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document.write( "n=10
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document.write( "p=.07(?)
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document.write( "I don't know where to go from here. \n" );
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Algebra.Com's Answer #233812 by user_dude2008(1862) ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! fail: 0.07 \n" ); document.write( "not fail: 1-0.07=0.93\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "P(all not fail) = (0.93)^10 = 0.483982307\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "48.398% chance of all 10 not failing \n" ); document.write( " |