5.66 A food manufacturer uses an extruder (a machine that produces bite-size foods such as cookies and

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5.66 A food manufacturer uses an extruder (a machine that produces bite-size foods such as cookies and many snack foods) that produces revenue for the firm at the rate of $200 per hour when in operation. However, the extruder breaks down an average of two times 10 hours of operation.

If Y denotes the number of breakdowns during the time of operation, the revenue generated by the machine is given by where t denotes hours of operation. The extruder is shut down for routine maintenance on a regular schedule and operates like a new machine after this maintenance. Find the optimal maintenance interval t0 to maximize the expected revenue between shutdowns.

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Probability And Statistics For Engineers

ISBN: 9781133006909

5th Edition

Authors: Richard L Scheaffer, Madhuri Mulekar, James T McClave, Cecie Starr

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