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A satellite has two redundant control systems, each has a failure rate (lambda) = 1?0 -6 failures/hour. If one of the systems fails, the failure rate for the remaining system increases to 2?0 -5…

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System Reliability

Question

A satellite has two redundant control systems, each has a failure rate (lambda) = 1?0 -6 failures/hour. If one of the systems fails, the failure rate for the remaining system increases to 2?0 -5 failures/hour. What is the reliability of the redundant control systems at 175,000 hours?

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  • A0.8609
  • B0.7796
  • C0.690
  • D0.2507

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  • A
    5% (3)
  • B
    83% (52)
  • C
    3% (2)
  • D
    10% (6)

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#warm standby redundancy#failure rate#reliability calculation#dependent failure

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