Patients Scheduled to See Their Primary Care Physician at a Particular

question 26

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 see the doctor within five minutes of the scheduled time?

• A) 0.2019
• B) 0.4647
• C) 0.5353
• D) 0.7981

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