The life times, YY in years of a certain brand of low-grade lightbulbs follow an exponential distribution with a mean of 0.5 years. A tester makes random observations of the life times of this particular brand of lightbulbs and records them one by one as either a success if the life time exceeds 1 year, or as a failure otherwise. Find the probability to 3 decimal places that the first success occurs in the fifth observation.

The life times, YY in years of a certain brand of low-grade lightbulbs follow an exponential distribution with a mean of 0.5 years. A tester makes random observations of the life times of this particular brand of lightbulbs and records them one by one as either a success if the life time exceeds 1 year, or as a failure otherwise. Find the probability to 3 decimal places that the first success occurs in the fifth observation.

A First Course in Probability (10th Edition)

10th Edition

ISBN:9780134753119

Author:Sheldon Ross

Publisher:Sheldon Ross

Chapter1: Combinatorial Analysis

Section: Chapter Questions

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