SOLUTION: The chances of an error occurring in any single line of code is found to be 0.001 (0.1%). If a program contains 400 lines of code, what is the probability that there are no error

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Question 1099078: The chances of an error occurring in any single line of code is found to be 0.001 (0.1%).
If a program contains 400 lines of code, what is the probability that there are no errors?

Answer by Theo(13342) About Me  (Show Source):
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the probability that there is an error in a single line of code is .001.
therefore, the probability that there is not an error in a single line of code is .999.
the probability that there is not an error in 400 lines of code would be .999^400 = .670185906