Solved: The potential buyer of a particular engine
Chapter 7, Problem 5.88(choose chapter or problem)
The potential buyer of a particular engine requires (among other things) that the engine start successfully 10 consecutive times. Suppose the probability of a successful start is 0.990. Let us assume that the outcomes of attempted starts are independent. (a) What is the probability that the engine is accepted after only 10 starts? (b) What is the probability that 12 attempted starts are made during the acceptance process?
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