The number of days between precipitation events during the fall season is modeled by an exponential distribution with mean 9.7. Compute the probability that the next inter-arrival time for precipitation events is more than 7 days. Use three decimal place accuracy.

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The number of days between precipitation events during the fall season is modeled by an exponential distribution with mean 9.7. Compute the probability that the next inter-arrival time for precipitation events is more than 7 days. Use three decimal place accuracy.

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