Solution

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For a continuous survival distribution, , and . Applying these identities gives the Weibull distribution
The survivor function has value one at zero; the hazard may diverge there when , which does not invalidate the distribution.
For common shape , the hazard ratio is , independent of time. Thus the two distributions lie in the same proportional hazards family. They also satisfy
Hence the time multiplier is and the hazard multiplier is , establishing the common accelerated life family as well. Here is reciprocal scale, not the ordinary time-scale parameter.

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