20. A large number of identical items are placed into service at time 0.

The items have

a failure rate function given by: r(t) = 2.158+0.50t, where t is measured in years of
operation.

a. Derive R(t)and F(t).

b. If 300 items are still operating at time t =1year, approximately how many
items would you expect to fail between year 1 and year 2?
c. Does the value of r(1) yield a good approximation to the conditional
probability computed in part (b)?
d. Repeat the calculation of part (b), but determine the expected number of items
that fail between t =1 and t = 1 year and 1 week. Does r(t) Δt provide a
reasonable approximation to the conditional probability in this case? Why or
Why not?
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