Question 8.19 from Mathematical statistics with applications (Wackerly): 8.19Suppose that Y₁, Y2, . . ., Y, denote a random sample of size n from a population with anexponential distribution whose density is given by(1/0)e-y/0,f(y)=0,y > 0,elsewhere.If Y(1)=min(Y₁, Y2, ..., Yn) denotes the smallest-order statistic, show that Ô = nY (1) is anunbiased estimator for and find MSE(Ô). [Hint: Recall the results of Exercise 6.81.]

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