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Two components in a rocket operate independently, and the probability that for every component to fail on a launch is p. Let X denote the number of launches required to have a failure of the first component, and let Y denote the number of launches required to have a failure of the second component, X, Y

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Answer: p = X/(1-X)X + Y/(1-Y)Y

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