Problem #PRU-65359

Problems Probability and statistics Probability theory Conditional probability Discrete distribution Algebra and arithmetic Mean values

Problem

There are 9 street lamps along the road. If one of them does not work but the two next to it are still working, then the road service team is not worried about it. But if two lamps in a row do not work then the road service team immediately changes all non-working lamps. Each lamp does not work independently of the others.

a) Find the probability that the next replacement will include changing 4 lights.

b) Find the mathematical expectation of the number of lamps that will have to be changed on the next replacement.