Checkout Times in a Grocery Store Follow the Exponential Distribution

question 10

Multiple Choice

Checkout times in a grocery store follow the exponential distribution with a mean time of 6.5 minutes.What is the probability that the checkout time (T) for the next customer will be less than 5 minutes?

• A)0.537
• B)0.463
• C)0.257
• D)0.950

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