A machine is fed with 6 independent channels that supply the
necessary material. The machine needs at least 5 channels to
function properly and each of those channels has a 3% failure
probability. What is the probability that the machine will not work
properly?
If instead of 6 feeding channels the machine had 7. what would be
the probability that the machine would not work properly?
a) Probability that the machine will not work properly is computed here as:
= 1 - Probability that the machine will work properly
= 1 - Probability that 5 or exactly 6 of the machines work properly.
Therefore 0.0125 is the required probability here.
b) The same probability here is computed as:
= 1 - Probability that 5 or exactly 6 or exactly 7 of the machines work properly.
Therefore 0.000863 is the required probability in this case.
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