Suppose a battery has a useful life described by the exponential distribution with a mean of 500 days.   a) What is the probability that it will fail before its expected lifetime? b) What is the probability that it will not fail within the first year? c) What is the probability that a battery which has lasted 365 days will operate beyond its expected lifetime? (Use Markov’s property)

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Suppose a battery has a useful life described by the exponential distribution with a mean of 500 days.

 

  1. a) What is the probability that it will fail before its expected lifetime?
  2. b) What is the probability that it will not fail within the first year?
  3. c) What is the probability that a battery which has lasted 365 days will operate beyond its expected lifetime? (Use Markov’s property)
  4. d) What is the median amount of days the battery will last?
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