A Two-Component Process Has an 81% Success Rate in Series

question 19

Multiple Choice

A two-component process has an 81% success rate in series and a 99% success rate in parallel. If each component has the same reliability, what is the reliability of an individual component?

• A) 50%
• B) 90%
• C) 99%
• D) none of the above
• E) unable to determine

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