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CRE · Question #18
An off road trip is contemplated using a utility vehicle equipped with five tires. The probability of failure for each tire on this trip follows the binomial distribution and is estimated to be 0.5…
The correct answer is D. 0.1875. See the full explanation below for the reasoning.
System Reliability
Question
An off road trip is contemplated using a utility vehicle equipped with five tires. The probability of failure for each tire on this trip follows the binomial distribution and is estimated to be 0.5. What is the probability that the trip can be completed successfully with the five available tires?
Options
- A0.0625
- B0.5000
- C0.3125
- D0.1875
How the community answered
(16 responses)- B13% (2)
- C6% (1)
- D81% (13)
Topics
#binomial distribution#redundancy#probability calculation#spare tire reliability
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