During an eight-hour shift, the proportion of time Y that a sheet-metal stamping machine is down for

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During an eight-hour shift, the proportion of time Y that a sheet-metal stamping machine is down for maintenance or repairs has a beta distribution with α = 1 and β =2. That is, f(y) = 2(1 - y), 0 ≤ y ≤ 1. The cost (in hundreds of dollars) of this downtime, due to lost production and cost of maintenance and repair, is given by C = 10 + 20Y + 4Y2. Find the mean of C.
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Introduction to Operations Research

ISBN: 978-1259162985

10th edition

Authors: Frederick S. Hillier, Gerald J. Lieberman

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