SOLUTION: A car company found that ,on average, 2 in 100 of their car engines malfunction during any 1 hour period. What is the probability that a given car engine will survive a 2-hour per

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Question 1169636: A car company found that ,on average, 2 in 100 of their car engines malfunction during any 1 hour period. What is the probability that a given car engine will survive a 2-hour period
Answer by Boreal(15235) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
probability of surviving 1 hour=0.98 and the probability of surviving the second hour 0.98
That product is 0.9604