The time between the arrival of electronic messages at your computer is exponentially distributed with a mean

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The time between the arrival of electronic messages at your computer is exponentially distributed with a mean of two hours.
(a) What is the probability that you do not receive a message during a two-hour period?
(b) If you have not had a message in the last four hours, what is the probability that you do not receive a message in the next two hours?
(c) What is the expected time between your fifth and sixth messages?
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Applied Statistics And Probability For Engineers

ISBN: 9781118539712

6th Edition

Authors: Douglas C. Montgomery, George C. Runger

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