Question: An office building's fire safety system is designed as such: There are 15 smoke sensors and 5 temperature sensors, if 6 out of the 20

 An office building's fire safety system is designed as such: There
are 15 smoke sensors and 5 temperature sensors, if 6 out of

An office building's fire safety system is designed as such: There are 15 smoke sensors and 5 temperature sensors, if 6 out of the 20 sensors trigger then the sprinklers will activate. It is known that each smoke sensor have 60% chance to trigger correctly, and each temperature sensor have 75% chance to trigger correctly. To pass an inspection, we must be at least 99% certain that in the event of a fire, the sprinklers will activate. Will this building pass the inspection

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