A Product Has Three Components, A, B, and C, with Reliabilities

question 95

Multiple Choice

A product has three components, A, B, and C, with reliabilities of 0.95, 0.98, and 0.995. Engineers intend to put a redundant component A that has reliability 0.70. With this change, system reliability will

• A) fall by 20%
• B) fall by 10% or less
• C) rise
• D) cannot determine from the information provided
• E) none of the above

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