GATE | GATE 2017 MOCK II | Question 61

Let 5 stations are connected to CSMA/CD network . Every station wants to transmit data with probability p = 0.6. It is given that there will be no collision if only one station will transmit. What is the probability of successful transmission ?
(A) 1
(B) 0
(C) 0.0768
(D) 0.768


Answer: (C)

Explanation: Success will be for one station and failure for other four
Thus P_succ =5 _c1 *(0.6)*(o.4)^4 =0.0768.


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