Engineering Board Exam Reviewer · Mutually Exclusive and Independent Events · medium
A system has 3 components in series, each working independently with probability 0.95. Find the probability that the system works.
- 0.95
- 0.85
- 0.9999
- 0.8574
Answer
D. 0.8574
Solution
A series system works only if all components work: 0.953=0.8574.
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