You have two alarm clocks. The first one is successful 97%of the time and the second one is successful 53% of thetime (it turns out your second one was actually lessreliable than the first).(a) Suppose you only remember to set the good alarmclock. What is the probability that it will succeed on themorning of an important exam?(b) Suppose you set both alarm clocks. What is theprobability that at least one of them is successful on themorning of an important exam?(c) This practice of using a second device is calledredundancy. Was there a significant increase in theprobability of getting to the exam obtained using thesecond alarm clock?YesNo

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