A Component Must Have Reliability of

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Essay

A component must have reliability of .9925. Two technologies are available for this component: one produces a component with .999 reliability at a cost of $2000. Another produces a component with .73 reliability at a cost of $450. Which is cheaper: one high quality component or a parallel set of inferior components?

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