Suppose the Amount of Time Customers Must Wait to Check

question 60

Short Answer

Suppose the amount of time customers must wait to check bags at the ticketing counter in Boston Logan Airport is exponentially distributed with a mean of 14 minutes. What is the probability that a randomly selected customer will have to wait more than 20 minutes?

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