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A system consists of three subsystems in parallel (assume operating redundancy). The individual subsystem reliabilities are as follows:

Subsystem A = 0.98
Subsystem B = 0.85
Subsystem C = 0.88

Determine the overall system reliability

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This solution shows how to calculate the probability of reliability of a design.

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The probabilities of failing are:

A = 1 - 0.98 = 0.02
B = 1 - 0.85 = ...

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