What Is the System Availability for Something That Has a Mean

question 24

Multiple Choice

What is the system availability for something that has a mean time between failures of 50 hours and needs an average of 1 hour to repair when it does fail?

• A) 0.98
• B) 0.92
• C) 0.86
• D) 0.80
• E) 0.74

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Definitions:

Specific Instruments

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