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7. There are four machines and it is known thatexactly two of them are faulity. They are tested,one by one, in a random order till both the faultymachines are identified. Then the probadility thatonely two tests are needed is:

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Solution:(b) 1/6

Explanation:Only 2 testswill be needed to find the faulty machines ifwe can find one faulty machine in eachtest

The probability thatwewilltest a faulty machine in the first test is 2/4=1/2 (there are 4 machines and 2 of them faulty)

Now that one faulty machine has been identifiedwe are leftwith 3 machineswith one of them being faulty. The probability thatwe will test the other faulty machine in the second test is 1/3. So the probabilitythatwewill require 2 tests to find the faulty machines is 1/2*1/3=1/6



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