The Time Between Customer Arrivals at a Furniture Store Has

question 84

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 not arrive for at least 20 minutes.

• A)0.346230
• B)0.904911
• C)0.653770
• D)0.095089

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