>>> s = 'if the baseline chance of delay is 10%, engineering works add 25%, strikes add 35%, and bad weather adds 20%' >>> pb = 0.1 >>> pe = 0.25 >>> ps = 0.35 >>> pw = 0.2 >>> p = 1 - (1 - pb)*(1 - pe)*(1 - ps)*(1 - pw) >>> p 0.649