On a particular busy section of the Garden State Parkway in New Jersey, police use radar guns to detect speeding drivers. Assume the time that elapses between successive speeders is exponentially distributed with the mean of 15 minutes. What is the probability of a waiting time less than 10 minutes between successive speeders? Multiple Choice O O 0.5132 0.3776 06234 0.4866

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On a particular busy section of the Garden State Parkway in New Jersey, police use radar guns to detect speeding drivers. Assume the time that elapses between successive
speeders is exponentially distributed with the mean of 15 minutes. What is the probability of a waiting time less than 10 minutes between successive speeders?
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0.5132
0.3776
06234
0.4866
Transcribed Image Text:On a particular busy section of the Garden State Parkway in New Jersey, police use radar guns to detect speeding drivers. Assume the time that elapses between successive speeders is exponentially distributed with the mean of 15 minutes. What is the probability of a waiting time less than 10 minutes between successive speeders? Multiple Choice 0.5132 0.3776 06234 0.4866
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