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An aircraft engine has two independent backup generators, and . The probability that fails during a flight is , and the probability that fails is . However, if the main engine experiences a thermal spike (which occurs with a probability of ), the failure probability of both generators rises to each, though they still fail independently of each other given the spike. What is the overall probability that both generators fail during a flight?
An aircraft engine has two independent backup generators, and . The probability that fails during a flight is , and the probability that fails is . However, if the main engine experiences a thermal spike (which occurs with a probability of ), the failure probability of both generators rises to each, though they still fail independently of each other given the spike. What is the overall probability that both generators fail during a flight?