A manufacturer of electronic calculators offers a one-year warranty. If the calculator fails for any reason during
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A manufacturer of electronic calculators offers a one-year warranty. If the calculator fails for any reason during this period, it is replaced. The time to failure is well modeled by the following probability distribution:
f (x) = 0.125e –0.125x x > 0
(a) What percentage of the calculators will fail within the warranty period?
(b) The manufacturing cost of a calculator is $50, and the profit per sale is $25. What is the effect of warranty replacement on profit?
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Introduction to Statistical Quality Control
ISBN: 978-1118146811
7th edition
Authors: Douglas C Montgomery
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