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Nuclear power plants have redundant components in important systems to reduce the chance of catastrophic failure. Assume that a plant has two gauges to measure the level of coolant in the reactor core and that each gauge has
- a. What assumption is being made in this calculation?
- b. Explain why this assumption is probably not justified in the present case.
- c. Is the probability of 0.0001 likely to be too high or too low? Explain.
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