The Time Between Customer Arrivals at a Furniture Store Has

question 67

Multiple Choice

The time between customer arrivals at a furniture store has an approximate exponential distribution with mean θ = 8.5 minutes. If a customer just arrived, find the probability that the next customer will arrive in the next 5 minutes.

• A) 0.444694
• B) 0.817316
• C) 0.555306
• D) 0.182684

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Definitions:

Unconditioned Response

An automatic, natural response to a stimulus that occurs without the need for prior learning or conditioning.

Unconditioned Stimulus

In classical conditioning, a stimulus that naturally and automatically triggers a response without prior learning.

Conditioned Stimulus

A previously neutral stimulus that, after being associated with an unconditioned stimulus, triggers a conditioned response.

Conditioned Response

A learned response to a previously neutral stimulus that has been repeatedly presented alongside an unconditioned stimulus.