2. Suppose taht the time, in hours, taken to repair a heat pump is a random variable X ahving a gamma distribution with parameters a = 2 and B = 1/2. What is the probability that the next service call will require a. At most 1 hour to repair the heat pump? b. At least 2 hours to repair the heat pump?

2. Suppose taht the time, in hours, taken to repair a heat pump is a random variable X ahving a gamma distribution with parameters a = 2 and B = 1/2. What is the probability that the next service call will require a. At most 1 hour to repair the heat pump? b. At least 2 hours to repair the heat pump?

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2. Suppose taht the time, in hours, taken to repair a heat pump is a random
variable X ahving a gamma distribution with parameters a = 2 and
B = 1/2. What is the probability that the next service call will require
a. At most 1 hour to repair the heat pump?
b. At least 2 hours to repair the heat pump?

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