Extensive experience with fans of a certain type used in diesel engines has suggested that the exponential distribution with A = 15,000 provides a good model for time until failure (in hours). Find the variance. Round to four decimal places as needed.

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Use the exponential distribution below to answer Questions #21 - 28.
Extensive experience with fans of a certain type used in diesel engines has suggested that the
exponential distribution with A = 15,000 provides a good model for time until failure (in hours).
Find the variance. Round to four decimal places as needed.
Transcribed Image Text:Use the exponential distribution below to answer Questions #21 - 28. Extensive experience with fans of a certain type used in diesel engines has suggested that the exponential distribution with A = 15,000 provides a good model for time until failure (in hours). Find the variance. Round to four decimal places as needed.
Use the exponential distribution below to answer Questions #21 - 28.
Extensive experience with fans of a certain type used in diesel engines has suggested that the
exponential distribution with A = 15,000 provides a good model for time until failure (in hours).
Find the mean. Round to four decimal places as needed.
Transcribed Image Text:Use the exponential distribution below to answer Questions #21 - 28. Extensive experience with fans of a certain type used in diesel engines has suggested that the exponential distribution with A = 15,000 provides a good model for time until failure (in hours). Find the mean. Round to four decimal places as needed.
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