simple stats problem
- From: Digital Puer <digital_puer@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 15 Mar 2008 22:45:43 -0700 (PDT)
Hi, I've been trying to figure out this problem I got on an interview,
but I haven't been able to get a clear answer.
Suppose I have a room of N computers. Suppose each computer
fails at a rate of once every 14 days.
Now what is the probably that at least one of them fails?
I'm thinking it's 1 - prob(none of them fail). But then how do I
figure that out?
And if the question is what is the probably that at least one of them
fails, does that necessarily mean "out of those 14 days"? I didn't
have any other info than that.
Thanks for any help.
.
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