Question: (18 points)

A manufacturer of electrical switches is evaluating two options for an electrical switching device. The switching device is made up of two different components and set ups as shown below. The reliability of C is 0.98, the reliability of A is 0.92, and the reliability of B is also 0.89. The two options that shown below.

In Option 1, component B is also backed up by another B and that backup option is also backed up again by another B. In Option 2, the company would use A and B in series with another A and B in parallel as backup, and backup component A has another backup.

1. Which of the two options has the greater reliability?
2. What reliability of component C makes the two switch options equal from a system reliability perspective?
3. In addition to the reliability of the system, what other factors should be considered in the decision making process.

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