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Prove that the sum of n independently and identically distributed (IID) exponential random variables with parameter has a gamma distribution and identify the parameters of the gamma distribution.

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          Prove that the sum of n independently and identically
distributed (IID) exponential random variables with parameter
 has a
gamma distribution and identify the parameters of the gamma
distribution.

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Prove that the sum of n independently and identically distributed (IID) exponential random variables with parameter has a gamma distribution and identify the parameters of the gamma distribution.