Question regarding period, time and so on

Given definitions:

  • $N :=$ the number of aircraft
  • $t :=$ the mean task duration
  • $P :=$ the mean task-recurrence period $\color{red}{\text{per aircraft}}$

Claims:

  • $t/P$ is the fraction of total time devoted to each recurring task for each aircraft
  • $N/P$ is a task occurrence rate

From the above information, it is clear that $P$ is a simple duration (a time quantity), not a rate, and that each aircraft has its own value of $P:$ so, $P$ is actually the mean task-recurrence period of each aircraft (nor per aircraft).

With this correction,

  1. it becomes self-evident that for each aircraft, $t/P$ is indeed the fraction of total time devoted to each task.
  2. $$\frac NP=\frac{\text{the number of aircraft}}{\text{mean task-recurrence period of each aircraft}}\\=\frac{\text{the number of aircraft $\times$ number of tasks of each aircraft}}{\text{total task-recurrence period of each aircraft}}\\=\frac{\text{total number of tasks}}{\text{total task-recurrence period of each aircraft}}$$ is the task-occurrence rate of each aircraft.