Question 10 A catalog company administered a survey to determine how long customers were willing to wait on hold before ordering a product. The length of time was found to be a random variable best approximated by an exponential distribution with a mean equal to 3.5 minutes. What proportion of customers having to hold more than 5.0 minutes will hang up before placing an order? A) 0.2397 B) 0.5714 C) 0.4286 D) 0.7603

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A catalog company administered a survey to determine how long customers were willing to wait on
hold before ordering a product. The length of time was found to be a random variable best
approximated by an exponential distribution with a mean equal to 3.5 minutes. What proportion of
customers having to hold more than 5.0 minutes will hang up before placing an order?
A) 0.2397
B) 0.5714
C) 0.4286
D) 0.7603
Transcribed Image Text:Question 10 A catalog company administered a survey to determine how long customers were willing to wait on hold before ordering a product. The length of time was found to be a random variable best approximated by an exponential distribution with a mean equal to 3.5 minutes. What proportion of customers having to hold more than 5.0 minutes will hang up before placing an order? A) 0.2397 B) 0.5714 C) 0.4286 D) 0.7603
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