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CRE · Question #405
If a component has a known constant failure rate of 0.0037 failures per hour ; the reliability of two of these components in a series alignment would be:
The correct answer is A. Insufficient information to solve problem. See the full explanation below for the reasoning.
System Reliability
Question
If a component has a known constant failure rate of 0.0037 failures per hour ; the reliability of two of these components in a series alignment would be:
Options
- AInsufficient information to solve problem.
- B99.63 percent.
- CLess than 99 percent.
- DDependent on the wear out rate of a mating subsystem
How the community answered
(64 responses)- A83% (53)
- B5% (3)
- C11% (7)
- D2% (1)
Topics
#series reliability#exponential distribution#failure rate#reliability calculation
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