4.5.7 Mean Time to Failure: Video

MIT 6.042J Mathematics for Computer Science, Spring 2015
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[@gptty]

Simply the most superb explanation of MTTF on the web. Couldn't thank more!

[@NachiketAyir]

Thanks for the simplified explanation :)

[@veggiekeller]

How did you get 1/p from p + (1+E(f))*q ? I keep getting 1/q

[@gptty]

E(f) = p + (1 + E(f)) * q
= p + q + q * E(f)
= 1 + q * E(f)
Then,
E(f) = 1 / (1-q) = 1/p