A pump has a failure, on the average, once in every 5,000 hours of operations. What is the probability that no failure will occur in 10,000 hours of operation?

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Chapter8: Sequences, Series,and Probability
Section8.7: Probability
Problem 11ECP: A manufacturer has determined that a machine averages one faulty unit for every 500 it produces....
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A pump has a failure, on the average, once in every 5,000 hours of operations. What is the probability that no failure will occur in 10,000 hours of operation?
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