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The waiting time, in hours, between successive
speeders spotted by a radar unit is a continuous ran-
dom variable with cumulative distribution function
SO,
(1-e-
x < 0,
x > 0.
F(x) =
Find the probability of waiting less than 12 minutes
between successive speeders
(a) using the cumulative distribution function of X;
(b) using the probability density function of X.

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