Chance Bomb(Use a calculator... Fine...)
Algebra
Level
2
A bomb has a 0.1% chance of exploding every second. How many seconds does it take for the bomb to have a 0.033412256% chance to be not exploded?
The answer is 8000.
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1 solution
It has 99.9% chance of not exploding, so solve 0 . 9 9 9 x = 0 . 0 0 0 3 3 4 1 2 2 5 6 and get x ≈ 8 0 0 0