Patients Arriving at an Outpatient Clinic Follow an Exponential Distribution

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Short Answer

Patients arriving at an outpatient clinic follow an exponential distribution at a rate of 15 patients per hour. What is the probability that a randomly chosen arrival to be more than 5 minutes?

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Definitions:

Groundwater Flow

Groundwater flow describes the movement of underground water through the soil and rock layers, driven by gravitational forces and pressure differences.

Water Table

The level below the Earth's surface at which the ground is saturated with water.

Artesian

Groundwater that is in a confined aquifer and is under enough water pressure to rise above the level of the aquifer.

Water Table

The water table is the upper level of an underground surface in which the soil or rocks are permanently saturated with water, delineating the boundary between the aquifer's unsaturated zone and saturated zone.