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A friend recently planned a camping trip. He had two flashlights, one that required a si...

A friend recently planned a camping trip. He had two flashlights, one that required a single 6-V battery and another that used two size-D batteries. He had previously packed two 6-V and four size-D batteries in his camper. Suppose the probability that any particular battery works is p and that batteries work or fail independently of one another. Our friend wants to take just one flashlight. For what values of pshould he take the 6-V flashlight?

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