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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 ? = 0.01427.

(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 m
between 100 and 200 m

(b) What is the probability that distance exceeds the mean distance by more than 2 standard deviations? (Round your answer to four decimal places.)

(c) What is the value of the median distance? (Round your answer to two decimal places.)

Definition Definition Middle value of a data set. The median divides a data set into two halves, and it also called the 50th percentile. The median is much less affected by outliers and skewed data than the mean. If the number of elements in a dataset is odd, then the middlemost element of the data arranged in ascending or descending order is the median. If the number of elements in the dataset is even, the average of the two central elements of the arranged data is the median of the set. For example, if a dataset has five items—12, 13, 21, 27, 31—the median is the third item in ascending order, or 21. If a dataset has six items—12, 13, 21, 27, 31, 33—the median is the average of the third (21) and fourth (27) items. It is calculated as follows: (21 + 27) / 2 = 24.

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