The Time It Takes a Worker on an Assembly Line

question 18

Essay

The time it takes a worker on an assembly line to complete a task is exponentially distributed with a mean of 8 minutes.
a.What is the probability density function for the time it takes to complete the task?
b.What is the probability that it will take a worker less than 4 minutes to complete the task?
c.What is the probability that it will take a worker between 6 and 10 minutes to complete the task?
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