Multiple choice

During transmission over a certain binary communication channel, bit errors occur independently with probability p. The probability of AT MOST one bit in error in a block of n bits is given by

  1. pn

  2. 1 – pn

  3. np(1 – p)n-1 + (1 – p)n

  4. 1 – (1 – p)n
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