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In a workshop, there are five machines and the probability of any one of them to be out of service on a day is 1/4. If the probability that at most two machines will be out of service on the same day is (3/4)3k, then k is equal to :

(1) 17/2

(2) 4

(3) 17/8

(4) 17/4

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Answer is (3)

Probability that at most 2 machines are out of service

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