The lifetime of a certain type of TV remote control is given by Y . Suppose Y has approximately exponential distribution with mean 8 years. a) Find the probability that a remote control of this type will last more than 15 years. b) Find the probability that of eight such remote controls at least one will last more than 15 years. c) What should the warranty period for these remote controls be if the manufacturer wants 85% of the remote controls to last beyond the warranty period? d) What is the moment generating function of Y .
Continuous Probability Distributions
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Normal Distribution
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The lifetime of a certain type of TV remote control is given by Y . Suppose Y has approximately exponential distribution with mean 8 years.
a) Find the probability that a remote control of this type will last more than 15 years.
b) Find the probability that of eight such remote controls at least one will last more than 15 years.
c) What should the warranty period for these remote controls be if the manufacturer wants 85% of the remote controls to last beyond the warranty period?
d) What is the moment generating
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