A System Is Composed of Three Components

question 22

Multiple Choice

A system is composed of three components. Two of the items are in parallel and have reliabilities of 0.95 and 0.90. The third item has a reliability of 0.98 and this item is in series with the first combination. What is the overall system reliability?

• A) 0.995
• B) 0.985
• C) 0.975
• D) 0.965
• E) 0.955

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