A new class of ship is being fielded. Unfortunately, it has a design flow that eventually causes the drive shaft to warp resulting in a total loss of the ship, because it is too expensive to fix. The drive shaft warping problem occurs once on average every 5,000 days of continuous operations. The Navy is fielding 40 of these ships and would like 90% to still be in service after five years (assuming 365 days per year) of continuous operations. Is procuring this ship a good idea? What is the probability that the new class of ship will meet the Navy's goal?

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To determine if procuring this new class of ship is a good idea and to calculate the probability that 90 of them will still be in service after five y... View the full answer