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#40 Bomber Pilot

Suppose that you are a bomber pilot flying a B-17 during World War II. You know that 4% of bombers get shot down on average on each mission. Calculate the chance that you would successfully fly all the missions of your tour of duty, let’s say 50 (a larger number than was actually asked of air crews), without getting shot down.

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