The Time (In Years)until the First Critical-Part Failure for a Certain

question 135

Multiple Choice

The time (in years) until the first critical-part failure for a certain car is exponentially distributed with a mean of 3.4 years. Find the probability that the time until the first critical-part failure is 5
Years or more.

• A)0.770210
• B)0.229790
• C)0.506617
• D)0.493383

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