SOLUTION: A town has 2 fire engines operating independently. The probability that a specific fire engine is available when needed is 0.96.
a) What is the probability that neither is availab
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Question 466541: A town has 2 fire engines operating independently. The probability that a specific fire engine is available when needed is 0.96.
a) What is the probability that neither is available when needed?
b) What is the probability that a fire engine is available when needed? Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! A town has 2 fire engines operating independently. The probability that a specific fire engine is available when needed is 0.96.
P(not available) = 0.04
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a) What is the probability that neither is available when needed?
Ans: 0.04^2 = 0.0016
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b) What is the probability that a fire engine is available when needed?
P(at least one available) = 1 - 0.0016
= 0.9984
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Stan H.
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