A doorman at a hotel is trying to get three taxi-cabs for three couples. The arrival of empty cabs has an exponential distribution with mean 2 minutes. Assuming independence, what is the probability that the doorman will get all three couples taken care of within 9 minutes? Round your final answer to 4 decimal places.
A doorman at a hotel is trying to get three taxi-cabs for three couples. The arrival of empty cabs has an exponential distribution with mean 2 minutes. Assuming independence, what is the probability that the doorman will get all three couples taken care of within 9 minutes? Round your final answer to 4 decimal places.
Chapter8: Sequences, Series,and Probability
Section8.7: Probability
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