A First Course in Probability (10th Edition)
A First Course in Probability (10th Edition)
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ISBN: 9780134753119
Author: Sheldon Ross
Publisher: PEARSON
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Researchers have shown that the num-
ber of successive dry days that occur after a rainstorm for

particular regions of Catalonia, Spain, is a random variable that
is distributed exponentially with a mean of 8 days. Source:
International Journal of Climatology.
a. Find the probability that 10 or more successive dry days
occur after a rainstorm.
b. Find the probability that fewer than 2 dry days occur after
a rainstorm.

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