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A company has 27 machines and 27 pumps. Each machine is hooked up to a pump. At any point of time 13 out of 27 machines are not running and 6 out of 27 pumps are not working. What is the probability that at any given time atleast one bad pump is hooked up to a machine that is not running?
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First solve for all working:

P(All machines working and pump working) = P(M) * P(P)
P(M) = 14/27
P(P) = 21/27

P(All) = (14/27)*(21/27) = 294/729

P(at least one bad pump & bad machine) = 1-P(all) = 435/729
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 [#permalink] New post 26 Oct 2007, 02:00
yuefei wrote:
First solve for all working:

P(All machines working and pump working) = P(M) * P(P)
P(M) = 14/27
P(P) = 21/27

P(All) = (14/27)*(21/27) = 294/729

P(at least one bad pump & bad machine) = 1-P(all) = 435/729


Perfect !

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