Collina's Italian Cafe in Houston, Texas, advertises that carryout orders take about 25 minutes. Assume that the time required for a carryout order to be ready for customer pickup has an exponential distribution with a mean of 25 minutes. A particular customer lives 15 minutes from Collina's Italian Cafe. If the customer places a telephone order at 5:20PM., what is the probability that the customer can drive to the cafe, pick up the order, and return home by 6:00PM?

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Collina's Italian Cafe in Houston, Texas, advertises that carryout orders take about 25 minutes. Assume that the time required for a carryout order to be ready for customer pickup has an exponential distribution with a mean of 25 minutes.

A particular customer lives 15 minutes from Collina's Italian Cafe. If the customer places a telephone order at 5:20PM., what is the probability that the customer can drive to the cafe, pick up the order, and return home by 6:00PM?

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