Principles Of Operations Management
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Author: RENDER, Barry, HEIZER, Jay, Munson, Chuck
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To determine: The reliability of the system.
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a) 0.4772
b) 0.0068
c) 0.5228
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e) 0.9933
A medical control system has three components in series with individual reliabilities (R₁, R₂, R3) as shown:
R₁
R₂
R3
0.98
0.94
0.87
The overall reliability of the system =
% (enter your response as a percentage rounded to two decimal places).
A medical control system has three components inseries with individual reliabilities (R1, R2, R3) as shown:
What is the reliability of the system?
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