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$5.00 Need a scientific equation of 2 headlights going out in a car
- From Mathematics: Algorithms , Mathematics: Probability
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- Due on May. 19, 2012
- Asked on May 16, 2012 at 3:19:14PM
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I need the odds of 2 headlights going out in a car, assuming 2 years old with halogen bulbs. Both were purchased at the same time, and both decided to die at the same time. I simply need this in scientific notation/math notation of a formula
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- Posted on May 16, 2012 at 4:19:17PM
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Preview: ... at a halogen light bulb will burn out every year, where P = 1 means 100% probability, and P=0 means 0% probability.
(1-P) * (P) = ...
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Solution for failure in the same quarter, month, week, or day.
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- Posted on May. 17, 2012 at 10:55:45AM
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Preview: ... e in quarter 8 (end of year 2). The odds that the bulb will survive 7 quarters are (1-P) 7
So the odds that the bulb will fail in quarter 8 are (1-P) 7 * P
So the odds that two bulbs will fail in quarter 8 are [(1-P) 7 * P] 2
Let P = the pr ...
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