Calculus For The Life Sciences
Calculus For The Life Sciences
2nd Edition
ISBN: 9780321964038
Author: GREENWELL, Raymond N., RITCHEY, Nathan P., Lial, Margaret L.
Publisher: Pearson Addison Wesley,
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Chapter 13.3, Problem 2YT

YOUR TURN Repeat Example 2 for a flashlight battery with a useful life given by the probability density function f ( t ) = 1 25 e t / 25  for  t 0 .

EXAMPLE 2 Flashlight Battery

Suppose the useful life (in hours) of a flashlight battery is the random variable T, with probability density function given by the exponential distribution

f ( t ) = 1 20 e t / 20  for  t 0 .

(a) Find the probability that a particular battery, selected at random, has a useful life of less than 100 hours.

(b) Find the expected value and standard deviation of the distribution.

(c) What is the probability that a battery will last longer than 40 hours?

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Calculus For The Life Sciences

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