Your Car Breaks Down in a Remote Location

question 1

Multiple Choice

Your car breaks down in a remote location.Your cell phone has enough power left in it to send four text messages.If there is a 30% chance that any text you send will be read by the recipient, what is the probability that you will need to send all four texts to reach help (i.e., the probability that your fourth text will be the first and only one read) ?

• A) 0.9920
• B) 0.0189
• C) 0.1029
• D) 0.0081

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