The Everstart Is a Battery with an Intended Design Life

question 52

Essay

The Everstart is a battery with an intended design life of 72 months. Stephanie Bradley recently put five of these batteries through accelerated testing (the company couldn't wait six years) to simulate failure patterns. The test results had one failure at 26 months, one failure at 32 months, one failure at 50 months, and one failure at 62 months. Calculate FR(%), FR(N), and MTBF.

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