Miles Nordin wrote:
> What is a ``failure rate for a time interval''?
>
>   
Failure rate => Failures/unit time
Failure rate for a time interval => (Failures/unit time) * time

For example, if we have a failure rate: 

  Fr = 46% failures/month

Then the expectation value of a failure in one year:

  Fe = 46% failures/month  *  12 months = 5.52 failures


Jon

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