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Suppose that, in flight, airplane engines will fail with probability 1 — p, independentl...

Suppose that, in flight, airplane engines will fail with probability 1 — p, independently from engine to engine. If an airplane needs a majority of its engines operative to complete a successful flight, for what values of p is a 5-engine plane preferable to a 3-engine plane?

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