An infestation of a certain species of caterpillar, the spruce budworm, can cause extensive damage to the

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An infestation of a certain species of caterpillar, the spruce budworm, can cause extensive damage to the timberlands of the northern United States. It is known that an outbreak of this type of infestation occurs, on the average, every 30 years. Assuming that this phenomenon obeys an exponential probability law, what is the probability that catastrophic outbreaks of spruce budworm infestation will occur within 6 years of each other?

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Statistics For Engineering And The Sciences

ISBN: 9781498728850

6th Edition

Authors: William M. Mendenhall, Terry L. Sincich

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