What value refers to the average amount of time until a component fails,cannot be repaired,and must be replaced?
A)average time between failures
B)mean time to recovery
C)mean time between failures
D)median time between failures

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Mean time between failures (MTBF) refers to the average amount of time a component functions before failing and must be replaced. It is an important metric for calculating the reliability of a system. Option A is incorrect because it refers to the average time between failures and not the average time until a component fails. Option B is incorrect because mean time to recovery (MTTR) measures the average time required for a system to recover after failure, not the time until a component fails. Option D (median time between failures) is incorrect because it calculates the midpoint of the time duration between failures, which may not necessarily provide an accurate representation of the life span of a component.

What Value Refers to the Average Amount of Time Until