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This document contains a tutorial on probability distributions, specifically focusing on geometric and exponential distributions. It includes various problems related to the lifetime of components, time between events, and probabilities of specific outcomes. The tutorial aims to provide practical applications and calculations related to these statistical concepts.

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This document contains a tutorial on probability distributions, specifically focusing on geometric and exponential distributions. It includes various problems related to the lifetime of components, time between events, and probabilities of specific outcomes. The tutorial aims to provide practical applications and calculations related to these statistical concepts.

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Probability Distribution (Geometric and Exponential Distribution)


1. The lifetime of a certain electronic component follows an exponential distribution with a
mean of 1000 hours. What is the probability that a randomly selected component will last
more than 1200 hours?
2. If the average time between earthquakes in a region is 10 years and follows an exponential
distribution, what is the probability of experiencing an earthquake in the next 5 years?
3. The time (in minutes) a customer spends on hold during a call to a service center follows
an exponential distribution with λ = 0.2. What is the expected time a customer spends on
hold?
4. Using the same scenario as question 3, what is the probability that a customer will spend
between 2 and 5 minutes on hold?
5. The lifetime of a light bulb follows an exponential distribution with a mean of 1000 hours.
What is the median lifetime of these light bulbs?
6. A basketball player has a 70% chance of making a free throw. What is the probability that
he makes his first basket on the third attempt?
7. A salesperson makes cold calls until she gets her first sale. If her probability of making a
sale on each call is 0.2, what is the expected number of calls she needs to make to get her
first sale?
8. Using the same scenario as question 7, what is the probability that the salesperson will
make her first sale within her first 4 calls?
9. A student keeps flipping a fair coin until she gets heads. What is the probability that she
will need to flip the coin more than 3 times?
10. In a manufacturing process, each item has a 5% chance of being defective. What is the
probability that the 10th item inspected is the first defective one found?
11. The time between arrivals of customers at a store follows an exponential distribution with
a mean of 10 minutes. What is the probability that in a one-hour period, exactly 5 customers
arrive?
12. A geometric random variable X has P(X ≤ 3) = 0.875. Find the value of p for this
distribution.
13. The lifetime of a certain type of battery follows an exponential distribution. If 30% of these
batteries last longer than 100 hours, what is the expected lifetime of these batteries?

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