Lisa is 21 years old and starting an IRA (individual retirement account). She is going to invest $50 at the beginning of each mo
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Answer:
Step-by-step explanation:
For each component, there are only two possible outcomes. Either it fails, or it does not. The components are independent. We want to know how many outcomes until r failures. The expected value is given by
In which r is the number of failures we want and p is the probability of a failure.
In this problem, we have that:
r = 1 because we want the first failed unit.
The expected number of systems inspected until the first failed unit is 2.5
Answer:
Step-by-step explanation:
The result is given by means of some algebraic handling:
- Multiplication of rationals.
- Dividing each term by 2.
- Dividing each term by 2.
- Dividing each term by 3.