Applied Statistics and Probability for Engineers, 6th Edition

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ISBN 10: 1118539710
ISBN 13: 978-1-11853-971-2

Chapter 2 - Section 2-6 - Independence - Exercises - Page 53: 2-148

Answer

See below.

Work Step by Step

a) Here because the events are independent, $P=0.001\cdot0.001=0.000001$ b) Here because the events are independent, $P(data \ loss)=1-P(no\ failure)=1-(1-0.001)^2=0.001999$
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