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The chance that an office sprinkler system will fail 20%; chance that the alarm system will fail is 10%; and a chance that both will fail is 4% what is the chance that either the sprinkler or the alarm system will fail ?

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Answer: A. 26%

Explanation:

26% use the addition rule. P(Sprinkler or alarm) = 0.20 + 0. 10 - 0.04 = 0.26.

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Answer:

26

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