a missile guidance system has five fail-safe components. the probability of each failing is 0.05. find these probabilities.

a) Exactly 2 will fail
b) More than 2 will fail
c) All will fail.
d) Compare the answer for parts a, b, c, and explain why these results are reasonable

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