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A Product Has Four Components A, B, C, and D

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A product has four components A, B, C, and D. The finished product must have a reliability of at least .95. The first three components come from a supplier, and they have reliabilities of .99, .98, and .995, respectively. The fourth component is being designed now. What must the reliability of component D be in order to meet the product reliability condition?


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