A certain fast food chain occasionally suffers from reports of food poisoning. If the amount of time between reports Is exponentially distributed with a mean of 5 weeks, what is the variance of this distribution? Round your answer to four decimal digits and do not include units in your answer.

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A certain fast food chain occasionally suffers from reports of food poisoning. If the amount of time between reports Is
exponentially distributed with a mean of 5 weeks, what is the variance of this distribution? Round your answer to four
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