The probability of a successful optical alignment in an assembly of an optical data storage product is 0.83.  What is the probability that the first successful alignment requires at most four trials?   Question 6 options: a 0.5254 b 0.3439 c 0.6561 d 0.4746

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The probability of a successful optical alignment in an assembly of an optical data storage product is 0.83.  What is the probability that the first successful alignment requires at most four trials?

 

Question 6 options:

a

0.5254

b

0.3439

c

0.6561

d

0.4746

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