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A component has a failure rate per hour of 4.5E-3. The failures are governed by the exponential distribution. What is the probability of this component failing at least once in 100 hours?
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Rate Per Hour = 0.0045

Mean Rate for 100 Hours = 100 x 0.0045 = 4.5 ...

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