Which supplier should the office manager select if she chooses the supplier with the best system availability? The system availability of supplier A is . (Enter your response rounded to four decimal places.) The system availability of supplier B is (Enter your response rounded to four decimal places.) The system availability of supplier C is (Enter your response rounded to four decimal places.) On the basis of system availability, supplier V should be selected.
Which supplier should the office manager select if she chooses the supplier with the best system availability? The system availability of supplier A is . (Enter your response rounded to four decimal places.) The system availability of supplier B is (Enter your response rounded to four decimal places.) The system availability of supplier C is (Enter your response rounded to four decimal places.) On the basis of system availability, supplier V should be selected.
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![An office manager is deciding on a paper shredder to be purchased for her legal firm. Three suppliers have provided information
about their shredders, including MTBF and MTTR for the models under evaluation. Use the information shown in the table to
calculate the system availability for each supplier's shredder.
Supplier A
Supplier B
Supplier C
MTBF (hours)
MTTR (hours)
70
110
75
8
7
Which supplier should the office manager select if she chooses the supplier with the best system availability?
The system availability of supplier A is
(Enter your response rounded to four decimal places.)
The system availability of supplier B is
. (Enter your response rounded to four decimal places.)
The system availability of supplier C is
(Enter your response rounded to four decimal places.)
On the basis of system availability, supplier
should be selected.](/v2/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.bartleby.com%2Fqna-images%2Fquestion%2Fef1a5783-92d1-469f-8749-51052d8014a0%2F22fa45e9-d924-49c8-80e4-ea738b9d7919%2F241yqw_processed.jpeg&w=3840&q=75)
Transcribed Image Text:An office manager is deciding on a paper shredder to be purchased for her legal firm. Three suppliers have provided information
about their shredders, including MTBF and MTTR for the models under evaluation. Use the information shown in the table to
calculate the system availability for each supplier's shredder.
Supplier A
Supplier B
Supplier C
MTBF (hours)
MTTR (hours)
70
110
75
8
7
Which supplier should the office manager select if she chooses the supplier with the best system availability?
The system availability of supplier A is
(Enter your response rounded to four decimal places.)
The system availability of supplier B is
. (Enter your response rounded to four decimal places.)
The system availability of supplier C is
(Enter your response rounded to four decimal places.)
On the basis of system availability, supplier
should be selected.
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