GATE XE · 2020 · XE-C
Question 14: Thermodynamics, Kinetics and Phase Transformations
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Question 14
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In an industry, the probability of an accident occurring in a given month is 1/100. Let P(n) denote the probability that there will be no accident over a period of ‘n’ months. Assume that the events of individual months are independent of each other. The smallest integer value of ‘n’ such that P(n) ≤ 1/2 is ______ (round off to the nearest integer).
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2020XE-C
GATE XE 2020 · Paper 1
Engineering Sciences · Original paper archive
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- Section XE-C
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- Numerical answer (NAT)
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- 2 marks
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