An office has three smoke detectors. In case of fire, each detector has probability 0.88 of detecting it. If a fire occu detector detects it? Round your answer to four decimal places. The probability that at least one detector detects the fire is Continue
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Given $P(D) = 0.88$. Step 2: Let $P(D')$ be the probability that a single detector does not detect the fire. Since the events of detecting and not detecting are complementary, we have: $P(D') = 1 - P(D)$ $P(D') = 1 - 0.88$ $P(D') = 0.12$ Step 3: There are three Show more…
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