George, a chef and owner of a popular restaurant, is always visiting his competition to observe how they are doing things in their restaurants. he told one of his managers that "i do this because i want to know what is going on. i am always concerned that one of our competitors will surprise us with a new service or menu item like us, but better." george is utilizin

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Aproduction line has three machines a, b, and c, with reliabilities of .96, .86, and .85, respectively. the machines are arranged so that if one breaks down, the others must shut down. engineers are weighing two alternative designs for increasing the line’s reliability. plan 1 involves adding an identical backup line, and plan 2 involves providing a backup for each machine. in either case, three machines (a, b, and c) would be used with reliabilities equal to the original three. a. compute overall system reliability under plan 1. (round your intermediate calculations and final answer to 4 decimal places.) reliability b. compute overall system reliability under plan 2. (round your intermediate calculations and final answer to 4 decimal places.) reliability c. which plan will provide the higher reliability? plan2plan1

Match the different taxes to the levels at which these taxes are levied on consumers and businesses national level/ national and local levels 1.sales tax 2.income tax 3.payroll tax 4.social security tax 4.property tax