Statistics (12th Edition)

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Chapter 3 - Probability - Supplementary Exercises 3.154 - 3.199 - Applying the Concepts - Intermediate - Page 173: 3.180b

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P(CVSA will yield an incorrect result for at least one of the four suspects) =$ P($ CVSA will yield proper result for all 4 subjects$)^{c}$ =$ P($ Sub1 ∩ Sub2 ∩ Sub3 ∩ Sub4$)^{c}$ =$1- P$ (Sub1 ∩ Sub2 ∩ Sub3 ∩ Sub4) =$1- 0.922368$ $(P(S1∩ ... S4) = 0.98*0.98*0.98*0.98 = 0.922368)$ =$7.7632$%

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