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First
Third
Second
Calculator
Calculator
Calculator
20
F
F
F
NF
NF
F
-F
NF
19
20
F = faulty
NF = not faulty
NF
NF
The tree diagram shows a testing procedure on calculators, taken from a large batch.
Each time a calculator is chosen at random, the probability that it is faulty (F)!
20
1
The whole batch of calculators is rejected
if the first two chosen are both faulty
if a third one needs to be chosen and it is faulty.
either
or
Calculate the probability that the whole batch is rejected.
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