The rational numbers will best define- The height of an airplane as it descends to an airport runway.
This is because it includes fractions as well.
Irrational, integers, whole numbers cannot be used in this situation.
So the waiting time for a bus has density f(t)=λe−λtf(t)=λe−λt, where λλ is the rate. To understand the rate, you know that f(t)dtf(t)dt is a probability, so λλ has units of 1/[t]1/[t]. Thus if your bus arrives rr times per hour, the rate would be λ=rλ=r. Since the expectation of an exponential distribution is 1/λ1/λ, the higher your rate, the quicker you'll see a bus, which makes sense.
So define <span><span>X=min(<span>B1</span>,<span>B2</span>)</span><span>X=min(<span>B1</span>,<span>B2</span>)</span></span>, where <span><span>B1</span><span>B1</span></span> is exponential with rate <span>33</span> and <span><span>B2</span><span>B2</span></span> has rate <span>44</span>. It's easy to show the minimum of two independent exponentials is another exponential with rate <span><span><span>λ1</span>+<span>λ2</span></span><span><span>λ1</span>+<span>λ2</span></span></span>. So you want:
<span><span>P(X>20 minutes)=P(X>1/3)=1−F(1/3),</span><span>P(X>20 minutes)=P(X>1/3)=1−F(1/3),</span></span>
where <span><span>F(t)=1−<span>e<span>−t(<span>λ1</span>+<span>λ2</span>)</span></span></span><span>F(t)=1−<span>e<span>−t(<span>λ1</span>+<span>λ2</span>)</span></span></span></span>.
The correct answer to 820/42= 19.52 (rounded answer would be 20). I hope I helped :)
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