The time till failure of xenon bulbs has an Exponential distribution and it is known that 20% of the bulbs have failed by 1000 hours a) What is the probability that a bulb is still working after 4000 hours? b) Find the mean of the time till failure.

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The time till failure of xenon bulbs has an Exponential distribution and it is known that 20% of the bulbs have failed by 1000 hours

a) What is the probability that a bulb is still working after 4000 hours?

b) Find the mean of the time till failure. 

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