document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1006465>Question 1006465</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> PLease help with this equation:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "It is claimed that 97 percent of the purchasers of a particular car have no complaints in the first year. Me and my sister have each purchased one of these cars:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "What is the probability that neither of us have a complaint about the car in the first year if the advertising claim is true?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "What is the probability that exactly one of you has a complaint about the car in the first year if the advertising claim is true?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Please expalin formula used to get to proposed solution\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #622581 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Boreal><B>Boreal(15235)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Boreal><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=Boreal><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=622581\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Assuming independence, where the choice of one has no effect on the other,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "the probability that neither has a complaint is 0.97*0.97=0.9409.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The probability that one has a complaint is 0.97*0.03*2, since there are two ways one complaint can occur.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "That is 0.0291*2=0.0582<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Not asked for, but the probability that both have a complaint is 0.03*0.03=0.0009.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Those probabilities add up to 1.0<BR>\n" );
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