From the first question, if the time to catch our first fish is exponentially distributed, what’s the average time we’d expect to wait?
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The exponential distribution is often used to model the time until an event occurs, such as catching a fish. It is characterized by a rate parameter, λ (lambda), which represents the average rate of occurrence of the event. Show more…
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