City Council Election Narrative

Essay

City Council Election Narrative
An election is being held to fill two city council seats. Two fiscally conservative candidates (denoted by C) and three small-L liberal candidates (denoted by L) are running for office. Assume the candidates are equally likely to be elected, and independent of each other.
-There are four different kinds of radar systems designed to detect or monitor the airspace around a major airport for high-flying objects, low-flying objects, runway traffic, and wind shear. Each operates independently from the others. If each system has probability 0.90 of functioning correctly, find the probability at least one radar system will fail.