Question: Explain carefully how redundancy improves product reliability. Ten high-intensity bulbs are tested for 100 hours each. One failed at 50 hours; another failed at 70

  1. Explain carefully how redundancy improves product reliability.
  2. Ten high-intensity bulbs are tested for 100 hours each. One failed at 50 hours; another failed at 70 hours and all others completed the test. Calculate FR(%), FR(N), and MTBF
  3. Great Southern Consultants Group's computer system has been down several times over the past few months, as shown below.

Number of breakdowns

0

1

2

3

4

Monthly frequency

8

2

3

4

1

Each time the system is down, the firm loses an average of $400 in time and service expenses. They are considering signing a contract for preventive maintenance. With preventive maintenance, the system would be down on average only 0.7 per month. The monthly cost of preventive maintenance would be $250 a month. Which is cheaper, breakdown or preventive maintenance?

  1. Determine the reliability for the system shown below: (5 marks)

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