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#26 Help Me ! » Availability... » 2010-08-16 06:33:11
- engrymbiff
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Assume independent factories numbered i = 1, 2, ..., N, which produces P_i units per time unit. Further assume that the probability of a factory beeing available to be p_i.
How many units per time unit can one at maximum assume beeing produced in total with a probability of, say, 80 %?
#27 Re: Help Me ! » Help with solving an analytic problem... » 2010-06-15 06:14:09
Perfect, I'm also working on it right now actually. I'll update you if I manage to solve it!
#28 Re: Help Me ! » Help with solving an analytic problem... » 2010-06-15 00:44:41
Thanks bobbym!! That does help a lot! 
If someone has anything else to fill in with it still will be much appreciated!
#29 Re: Help Me ! » Help with solving an analytic problem... » 2010-06-14 07:10:03
Let the point A be (0, 0), i.e. origin, and lets say that they meet at a point C (b, k)
AC=2BC
√(b²+k²)=2k
b²+k²=4k²
k=b/√3they meet at C (b, b/√3) and AC is 30 degrees inclined from the X-axis.
Sorry, maybe I did not explain the problem well enough. "A's direction of movement is always in the nearest-distance-direction". So, A's direction will change according to B's movement. This will result in some sort of parable for A's path. NOT just pythagoras 
Thanks anyway for your try
#30 Help Me ! » Help with solving an analytic problem... » 2010-06-14 06:00:56
- engrymbiff
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