Conveyor belts at the ready!

[ECA]

Three planes crash at low speed after launching from a stupid conveyor belt contraption designed to confuse internet users.

There is a 30% chance that the pilot will die in each accident.

What is the probability that AT LEAST ONE pilot dies.

 

[Draylor]

0.657?

 

[ECA]

Isnt that the probability of NO pilots dying?
7^3

 

[tris-]

isnt the answer just 30% as it states the pilot will die 30% of the time.

or 0.3 if you will.

 

[Dukat]

George bush multiplied by the theory of relativity squared!!11 plus one

 

[ECA]

isnt the answer just 30% as it states the pilot will die 30% of the time.

or 0.3 if you will.

No, in each accident the probability is 30% of a death, what is the probability of a death in THREE accidents.

 

[Lazarus]

42.

 

[noblok]

0.657?

I thought the same.

1-(0.7^3)

 

[ECA]

Hmmm might be correct actually.

 

[tris-]

ah didnt notice it was three planes.

i concur on 0.657

 

[Clown]

Depends on how many pilots each plane has and how many rounds of bread they have in their sandwiches.

 

[Mazling]

Pilots are yummy, but I'd go with Sockstuff.

 

[Athan]

The chance of at least one pilot dying is the same as the inverse of no pilots dying. So, chance of surviving each takeoff is 70%, the chance of all three surviving is 0.7^3 indeed, which is 0.343. Thus the chance of at least one dying is 1 - 0.343 = 0.657.

Yes, the same answer others gave, but I've explained why .

-Ath

 

[Tom]

Stupid question. It doesn't say how many pilots there are.

 

[Athan]

There is a 30% chance that the pilot will die in each accident.

Yes it does, it's "the" per accident, not "a".

-Ath

 

[Whipped]

It's a lie. 30% is not realistic as everyone knows that a plane on a conveyor belt cannot take off, thereby it cannot crash

So the answer is 0%