Failure rate for a uniformly distributed variable

[Mark J.]

Hi,
I have this question:
If random variable T is uniformly distributed over [a, b] , what is its failure rate?
Please help

 

[Office_Shredder]

What does failure rate mean here?

 

[Mark J.]

What does failure rate mean here?

The only instruction I got is failure rate for exponential distribution as image attached

 

[Office_Shredder]

So the failure rate is f(t)/(1-F(t)) where f and F are the pdf and cdf of the distribution. Can you compute them for a uniform distribution? The pdf is fairly simple.