4. An airplane is built to be able to fly on one engine. If the plane's two engines operate independently, and each has a 1.5% chance of failing in any given six-hour flight, what is the chance the plane will fail to complete a six-hour flight due to engine failure?
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- The probability of one engine failing in a six-hour flight is 1.5% or 0.015. - The probability of both engines failing is the product of the individual probabilities, so it is 0.015 * 0.015 = 0.000225 or 0.0225%. Show more…
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