THE NEXT QUESTIONS ARE BASED ON THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION

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Essay

THE NEXT QUESTIONS ARE BASED ON THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION:
A wire-spinning machine will spin,on average,12.3 miles before needing maintenance.Assume the time between maintenance is exponentially distributed.
-What is the median amount of time before the machine needs servicing?

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