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A true-false question is to be posed to a husband-and-wife team on a quiz show. Both the h...

A true-false question is to be posed to a husband-and-wife team on a quiz show. Both the husband and the wife will independently give the correct answer with probability p. Which of the following is a better strategy for the couple?

(a) Choose one of them and let that person answer the question.


(b) Flave them both consider the question, and then either give the common answer if they agree or, if they disagree, flip a coin to determine which answer to give.

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