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September 20, 2005
The Space Shuttle Problem
The video projector failed so we filled in with the Space Shuttle Problem. You have three components. Each has an 80% chance of working. What is the probability all three components work?
There are some hard ways to solve this problem, and there is the easy way. Hint: think one minus.
Posted by bparke at September 20, 2005 10:10 PM