A Component Must Have Reliability of

question 98

Essay

A component must have reliability of .999. Two technologies are available for this component: one produces a component with .999 reliability at a cost of $3000. Another produces a component with .75 reliability at a cost of $500. Which is cheaper: one high quality component or a parallel set of inferior components?

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