document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1166409>Question 1166409</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> a fire system has seven fail safe components. The probability of each failing is 0.07. Find these probabilities.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "1. exactly 4 will fail<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The probability of <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large k\"> successes in <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large n\"> trials where the probability of success on any given trial is <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large p\"> is given by:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ P(=k,n,p)\ =\ {{n}\choose{k}},(p)^k(1\,-\,p)^{n-k}\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The probability of <b><i>at most</b></i> <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large k\"> successes in <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large n\"> trials where the probability of success on any given trial is <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large p\"> is given by:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The probability of <b><i>at least</b></i> <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large k\"> successes in <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large n\"> trials where the probability of success on any given trial is <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large p\"> is given by:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The probability of <b><i>more than</i></b> <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large k\"> successes in <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large n\"> trials where the probability of success on any given trial is <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large p\"> is given by:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ P(>{k},n,p)\ =\ \sum_{r=k+1}^n\,{{n}\choose{r}},(p)^r(1\,-\,p)^{n-r}\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Make adjustments to the summation indices depending on exactly what you are looking for.  Also note the following relationship that may save you some arithmetic:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I > Ø<BR>\n" );
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