Consider the system of components connected as in the accompanying picture. Components 1 and 2 are connected in parallel, so that the subsystem works if either 1 or 2 works. Since 3 and 4 are connected in series, the subsystem works if both 3 and 4 work. If components work independently of one another and P(component i works) = 0.9 for i = 1,2 and P(component i works) = 0.8 for i = 3,4, calculate P(system works).