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Transcribed Image Text:The time to failure, t, in hours, of a machine is often exponentially distributed with a probability density function f(t)= kekt, 0≤t<∞o, where
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a
and a is the average amount of time that will pass before a failure occurs. Suppose that the average amount of time that will pass before
a failure occurs is 80 hr. What is the probability that a failure will occur in 58 hr or less?
k=
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