It Is Assumed That the Time Between Failures for an Electronic

question 21

Multiple Choice

It is assumed that the time between failures for an electronic component are exponentially distributed with a mean of 50 hours between consecutive failures. Based on this information, what is the probability that a randomly selected part will fail in less than 10 hours?

• A) about 0.18
• B) about 0.82
• C) about 0.20
• D) about 0.002
• E) about 0.33

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