document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1203692>Question 1203692</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Consider the following system with assigned probabilities of malfunction for the five components. Assume that malfunctions occur independently.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "    [0.1]      [0.1]<BR>\n" );
document.write( "----   ------  [0.2] ----<BR>\n" );
document.write( "    [0.2]      [0.3]\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "What is the probability the system does not malfunction? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "The system does not malfunction only if all five components do not malfunction:<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "(0.9)(0.9)(0.8)(0.8)(0.7) = 0.36288<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "ANSWER: 0.36288, or 36.288%<br><BR>\n" );
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