A company uses wood chips in the manufacture of processed wood pieces of various sizes. Suppose the tons of wood chips T used per day has a probability density function f(T) = 0.25e-0.25T (a) Find the probability of using more than 4 tons of wood chips in a day. (Round your answer to three decimal places.) (b) Find the number of tons 7 (to the nearest ton) so that the probability of using more than 7 tons in a day is 0.07. tons

A company uses wood chips in the manufacture of processed wood pieces of various sizes. Suppose the tons of wood chips T used per day has a probability density function f(T) = 0.25e-0.25T (a) Find the probability of using more than 4 tons of wood chips in a day. (Round your answer to three decimal places.) (b) Find the number of tons 7 (to the nearest ton) so that the probability of using more than 7 tons in a day is 0.07. tons

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A company uses wood chips in the manufacture of processed wood pieces of various sizes. Suppose the tons of wood chips T used per day has a probability
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(a) Find the probability of using more than 4 tons of wood chips in a day. (Round your answer to three decimal places.)
(b) Find the number of tons 7 (to the nearest ton) so that the probability of using more than 7 tons in a day is 0.07.
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