Hospitals like to have electricity provided when there is a blackout. Assume that the backup generators fail 38% of the time. Find the probability of a hospital with 2 back up generators failing at the same time. Round to 4 decimal places. Find the probability of at least one generator working during a blackout. Round to 4 decimal places.

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Hospitals like to have electricity provided when there is a blackout. Assume that the backup generators fail 38% of the time. Find the probability of a hospital with 2 back up generators failing at the same time. Round to 4 decimal places.

Find the probability of at least one generator working during a blackout. Round to 4 decimal places. 

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