Patients Scheduled to See Their Primary Care Physician at a Particular

question 89

Multiple Choice

Patients scheduled to see their primary care physician at a particular hospital wait, on average, an additional eight minutes after their appointment is scheduled to start. Assume the time that patients wait is exponentially distributed. What is the probability a randomly selected patient will have to wait more than 10 minutes?

• A) 0.2865
• B) 0.4493
• C) 0.5507
• D) 0.7135

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