Let X denote the distance (m) that an animal moves from its birth site to the first territorial vacancy it encounters. Suppose that for banner-tailed kangaroo rats, X has an exponential distribution with parameter λ = 0.01337. (a) What is the probability that the distance is at most 100 m? At most 200 m? Between 100 and 200 m? (Round your answers to four decimal places.) 100 200

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Let X denote the distance (m) that an animal moves from its birth site to the first territorial vacancy it
encounters. Suppose that for banner-tailed kangaroo rats, X has an exponential distribution with
parameter λ = 0.01337. (a) What is the probability that the distance is at most 100 m? At most 200 m?
Between 100 and 200 m? (Round your answers to four decimal places.)
at most 100 m
at most 200
between 100 and 200 m
0.7374
0.1937
0.9310
What is the probability that distance exceeds the
mean distance by more than 2 standard deviations?
(Round your answer to four decimal places.)
0.0498
Transcribed Image Text:Let X denote the distance (m) that an animal moves from its birth site to the first territorial vacancy it encounters. Suppose that for banner-tailed kangaroo rats, X has an exponential distribution with parameter λ = 0.01337. (a) What is the probability that the distance is at most 100 m? At most 200 m? Between 100 and 200 m? (Round your answers to four decimal places.) at most 100 m at most 200 between 100 and 200 m 0.7374 0.1937 0.9310 What is the probability that distance exceeds the mean distance by more than 2 standard deviations? (Round your answer to four decimal places.) 0.0498
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