1. There are two roads from A to B and two roads from B to C. Each of the four roads is blocked by snow with probability p, independently of the others. Find the probability that there is an open road from A to B given that there is no open route from A to C. If, in addition, there is a direct road from A to C, this road being blocked with probability p independently of the others, find the required conditional probability.
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- Let \( A \) be the event that there is an open road from \( A \) to \( B \). - Let \( B \) be the event that there is an open road from \( B \) to \( C \). - Let \( C \) be the event that there is an open route from \( A \) to \( C \). Show more…
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