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A string of 10 lightbulbs is wired in such a way that if any individual bulb goes out, theentire string fails. If for each indiv

idual bulb, the probability of going out over a certaintime period is 0.06, what is the probability that the string will fail during said time period

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Anna35 [415]3 years ago

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Answer:

Explanation:

p = 1 - (1 - 0.06)¹⁰ = 0.46

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