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Two identical components, each with a reliability of 0.90, are connected in parallel (redundancy). What is the system reliability?
- 0.81
- 0.90
- 0.99
- 0.95
Answer
C. 0.99
Solution
Rp = 1 - (1 - R)2 = 1 - 0.12 = 0.99.
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