Question

the principle of redundancy is used when system reliability is improved through redundant or backup components. assume that a students alarm clock has a 10.7% daily failure rate. complete parts (a) through (d) below.
a. what is the probability that the students alarm clock will not work on the morning of an important final exam? 0.107 (round to three decimal places as needed.)
b. if the student has two such alarm clocks, what is the probability that they both fail on the morning of an important final exam? 0.01145 (round to five decimal places as needed.)
c. what is the probability of not being awakened if the student uses three independent alarm clocks? (round to five decimal places as needed.)

Explanation:

Step1: Identify the failure rate of one clock

The daily failure rate of one alarm - clock is $p = 0.107$.

Step2: Use the multiplication rule for independent events

Since the three alarm - clocks are independent, the probability that all three fail is given by the product of their individual failure probabilities.
The probability that all three clocks fail is $P=p\times p\times p$.
Substitute $p = 0.107$ into the formula: $P=(0.107)^3$.

Step3: Calculate the result

$(0.107)^3=0.107\times0.107\times0.107 = 0.001225043\approx0.00123$.

Answer:

$0.00123$