Which of the following is a better strategy for the couple

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1. A true-false question is to be posed to a husband and wife team on a quiz show. Both the husband and the wife will, independently, give the correct answer with probability p. which of the following is a better strategy for the couple?

(a) Choose one of them and let that person answer the question; or

(b) have them both consider the question and then either give the common answer if they agree or, if they disagree, flip a coin to determine which answer to give?

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