a checkout counter at a supermarket completes the process according to an exponential distribution with a service rate of 0.5 per minute. a customer arrives at the checkout counter.find the probability of the following events.  a. the customer leaves the checkout counter more than 8 minutes after arriving.  b. the service is completed in a time between 2 and 10 minutes.  c. the service is completed at most 0.75 hour.

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a checkout counter at a supermarket completes the process according to an exponential distribution with a service rate of 0.5 per minute. a customer arrives at the checkout counter.find the probability of the following events. 
a. the customer leaves the checkout counter more than 8 minutes after arriving. 
b. the service is completed in a time between 2 and 10 minutes. 
c. the service is completed at most 0.75 hour.

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