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Due to the extreme cost of interrupting production , a firm has two standby machines available in case a particular machine breaks down . The machine in use has a reliability of.94, and the backups have reliabilities of . 90 and .80. In the event of a failure , either backup can be pressed into service . If one fails , the other backup can be used . Compute the system reliability.

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