19. Thomas Jefferson at 71 years of age wrote to John Adams…

19. Thomas Jefferson at 71 years of age wrote to John Adams (who’s 78 at the time) on July 5, 1814: “But our machines have now been running seventy or eighty years, and we must expect that worn as they are, here a pivot, there a wheel, now a pinion, next a spring, will be giving way; and however we may tinker them up for a while, all will at length surcease motions.” Taking Jefferson’s words literally, what lifetime stage was he talking about?

13. Suppose a reliability demonstration test requires 1000 t…

13. Suppose a reliability demonstration test requires 1000 test units to demonstrate the product’s lifetime target at the 95% confidence level. If we need to demonstrate the same lifetime target at the 90% confidence level, the required number of test units should