Two searches, neither hits
You run two independent search processes in parallel. Each process, on each of its trials, succeeds with probability . What is the probability that after 2 trials neither process has produced a single success? Give a decimal to four places.
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- One process has no success in 2 trials with probability .
- Two independent processes: multiply, giving .
Answer
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0.3164 (± 0.001)
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