A subassembly in an industrial robot consists of 12 components in series, each ofwhich fails completely at random at a rate of once every 50 years.b. What is the probability that this subassembly does not fail within eight years ofoperation?

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A subassembly in an industrial robot consists of 12 components in series, each of
which fails completely at random at a rate of once every 50 years.
b. What is the probability that this subassembly does not fail within eight years of
operation?

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