Loose Leaf for Statistical Techniques in Business and Economics (Mcgraw-hill/Irwin Series in Operations and Decision Sciences)
Loose Leaf for Statistical Techniques in Business and Economics (Mcgraw-hill/Irwin Series in Operations and Decision Sciences)
16th Edition
ISBN: 9780077639709
Author: Douglas A. Lind, William G Marchal, Samuel A. Wathen
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 7, Problem 73CE

a.

To determine

Find the probability that a failure occurs in less than 100,000 hours.

b.

To determine

Find the probability that no failure occurs in the next 500,000 hours.

c.

To determine

Find the probability of the next failure occurring between 200,000 and 350,000 hours.

d.

To determine

Obtain the mean and standard deviation of the time between failures.

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