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Assuming the incident of fires for individual reactors can be described by a Poisson distribution, what is the probability that

Maksim231197 [3]

Complete Question

The Brown's Ferry incident of 1975 focused national attention on the ever-present danger of fires breaking out in nuclear power plants. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has estimated that with present technology there will be on average, one fire for every 10 years for a reactor. Suppose that a certain state has two reactors on line in 2020 and they behave independently of one another. Assuming the incident of fires for individual reactors can be described by a Poisson distribution, what is the probability that by 2030 at least two fires will have occurred at these reactors?

Answer:

The value is $P(x_1 + x_2 \ge 2 )= 0.5940$

Step-by-step explanation:

From the question we are told that

The rate at which fire breaks out every 10 years is $\lambda = 1$

Generally the probability distribution function for Poisson distribution is mathematically represented as

$P(x) = \frac{\lambda^x}{ k! } * e^{-\lambda}$

Here x represent the number of state which is 2 i.e $x_1 \ \ and \ \ x_2$

Generally the probability that by 2030 at least two fires will have occurred at these reactors is mathematically represented as

$P(x_1 + x_2 \ge 2 ) = 1 - P(x_1 + x_2 \le 1 )$

=> $P(x_1 + x_2 \ge 2 ) = 1 - [P(x_1 + x_2 = 0 ) + P( x_1 + x_2 = 1 )]$

=> $P(x_1 + x_2 \ge 2 ) = 1 - [ P(x_1 = 0 , x_2 = 0 ) + P( x_1 = 0 , x_2 = 1 ) + P(x_1 , x_2 = 0)]$

=> $P(x_1 + x_2 \ge 2 ) = 1 - P(x_1 = 0)P(x_2 = 0 ) + P( x_1 = 0 ) P( x_2 = 1 )+ P(x_1 = 1 )P(x_2 = 0)$

=> $P(x_1 + x_2 \ge 2 ) = 1 - \{ [ \frac{1^0}{ 0! } * e^{-1}] * [[ \frac{1^0}{ 0! } * e^{-1}]] )+ ( [ \frac{1^1}{1! } * e^{-1}] * [[ \frac{1^1}{ 1! } * e^{-1}]] ) + ( [ \frac{1^1}{ 1! } * e^{-1}] * [[ \frac{1^0}{ 0! } * e^{-1}]]) \}$

=> $P(x_1 + x_2 \ge 2 )= 1- [[0.3678 * 0.3679] + [0.3678 * 0.3679] + [0.3678 * 0.3679] ]$

$P(x_1 + x_2 \ge 2 )= 0.5940$

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Find the common ratio r for the given geometric sequence and find the next three terms.

34kurt

Answer:

The common ratio is -2

Next three terms are 18, -36, and 72

Step-by-step explanation:

The common ratio is -2 since each consecutive term is being multiplied by -2

The next three terms are -9(-2) = 18, 18(-2) = -36, and -36(-2) = 72

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. The psychology club is having a self-proclaimed psychic come to their campus fund-raising event to demonstrate his abilities.

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Answer:

the club looses 12.50$

Step-by-step explanation:

125 tickets * 1.50$ per ticket

125 * 1.50 = 187.5 earned

200$ fee for psychic - 187.5$ earned

200 - 187.5 = 12.5

the club will lose 12.50$

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Graph of a cubic polynomial that falls to the left and rises to the right with x intercepts negative 3, negative 2, and 2

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Answer:

f(x) = x3 + 3x2 − 4x − 12

Step-by-step explanation:

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(x+3)(x+2)(x-2)

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Work out the estimate of books brought. On the y axis it is number of students.

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Answer:

8 books

Step-by-step explanation:

The answer is 8 because you add up all of the bars which get you to 40
Finally you divide 40 by the number of bars which gets you 5. 40/5=8
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