SOLUTION: A certain airplane has two independent alternators to provide electrical power. The probability that a given alternator will fail on a 1-hour flight is .02. What is the probabili

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Question 138432: A certain airplane has two independent alternators to provide electrical power. The probability that a given alternator will fail on a 1-hour flight is .02. What is the probability that (a) both will fail? (b) Neither will fail? (c) One or the other will fail? Show all steps carefully. Any help is much appreciated.
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Sean
Answer by stanbon(75887) About Me  (Show Source):
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A certain airplane has two independent alternators to provide electrical power. The probability that a given alternator will fail on a 1-hour flight is .02. What is the probability that
(a) both will fail? = (0.02)^2 = 0.0004
(b) Neither will fail?= (0.98)^2 = 0.9604
(c) One or the other will fail? = 1-(0.004+0.9604) = 0.0392
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Comment: The answers to this problem were previously posted.
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Stan H.