">,</span>     <span class="comment">// success fraction.</span>
   <span class="identifier">RealType</span> <span class="identifier">alpha</span><span class="special">);</span> <span class="comment">// probability threshold (0.05 equivalent to 95%).</span>
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          This functions estimates the number of trials required to achieve a certain
          probability that <span class="bold"><strong>more than k failures will be observed</strong></span>.
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