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An entomologist is studying a rare type of insect. He finds that the time from birth until death (in years, denoted by T ) of a randomly selected member of this insect population has a Gamma distribution with parameters a = 2 and B = 7. Find the average life of a random insect of this type. 17 X

An entomologist is studying a rare type of insect. He finds that the time from birth until death (in years, denoted by T ) of a randomly selected member of this insect population has a Gamma distribution with parameters a = 2 and B = 7. Find the average life of a random insect of this type. 17 X

Glencoe Algebra 1, Student Edition, 9780079039897, 0079039898, 2018
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An entomologist is studying a rare type of insect. He finds that the time from birth until death (in years, denoted by T ) of a randomly selected member of this insect population has a Gamma distribution with parameters a = 2 and B = 7. Find the average life of a random insect of this type. 17 X Find the probability that one of this random insects survives longer than 15 years. 0.3687
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