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Calculus For The Life Sciences
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Chapter13: Probability And Calculus
Section13.3: Special Probability Density Functions
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Example: Suppose the time X is takes a customer representative to help a cus-
tomer at a phone hot-line has an exponential distribution with mean 2.5 minutes.
(a) What is the probability that it takes the customer representative more than
three minutes to help the next customer?
(b) What is the probability that it takes the customer representative less than
three minutes to help each of the next five customers?
Transcribed Image Text:File Preview Example: Suppose the time X is takes a customer representative to help a cus- tomer at a phone hot-line has an exponential distribution with mean 2.5 minutes. (a) What is the probability that it takes the customer representative more than three minutes to help the next customer? (b) What is the probability that it takes the customer representative less than three minutes to help each of the next five customers?
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