document.write( "Question 1131699: (Please enter your answers as fractions in lowest terms or as decimals rounded to four decimal places. Thank you!)\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "If an assembly has been tested 300 hours without a failure, what is the probability of a failure in the next 64 hours? The lifetime of a mechanical assembly in a vibration test is exponentially distributed with mean of 404 hours. \r
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mean is 1/404=0.002475
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\n" ); document.write( "1-e^(-64*0.002475) is the area under the curve that is <=64
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