If the Individual Reliabilities Are Denoted by P₁, P₂

Multiple Choice

If the individual reliabilities are denoted by p₁, p₂, . . ., p_n, which of the following best represents the system reliability R_p of an n-component parallel system?

A) Rp = 1 - (1 + p₁) (1 + p₂) (1 + p₃) . . . (1 + p_n)
B) Rp = 1 - (1 - p₁) (1 - p₂) (1 - p₃) . . . (1 - p_n)
C) Rp = (p₁) (p₂) (p₃) . . . (p_n)
D) Rp = (p₁) + (p₂) + (p₃) + . . . (p_n)