The Dynaco Manufacturing Company produces a product in a process consisting of operations of five machines. The probability distribution of the number of machines that will break down in a week follows:

a. Simulate the machine breakdowns per week for 20 weeks.

b. Compute the average number of machines that will break down per week.

Dynaco Manufacturing
Probability breakdown per week
P(x)	Cumulative	Breakdown
0.1	0.1	0
0.2	0.3	1
0.15	0.45	2
0.3	0.75	3
0.15	0.9	4
0.1	1	5
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Simulated avg. breakdown		48/20
Average breakdowns =		2.4

Simulation
Week	RN	Breakdowns
1		3
2		4
3		2
4		1
5		2
6		1
7		2
8		4
9		0
10		3
11		3
12		5
13		1
14		0
15		4
16		4
17		2
18		5
19		0
20		2

Machine Breakdowns Probability Per Week 0.10 1 0.20 2 0.15 3 0.30 4 0.15 5 0.10 1.00