Suppose a machine has two components that prevent injury; component A and component B. If either of the components fail

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Suppose a machine has two components that prevent injury; component A and component B. If either of the components fail

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Suppose a machine has two components that prevent injury;component A and component B. If either of the componentsfail, an employee will be injured. It is important tonote that both A and B cannot fail at the same time. (Inother words, they are mutually exclusive events.) Ifthe failure rate for component A is 0.0005 and component B is0.004, what is the probability an employee will be injured becauseof failure of these components
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