An entomologist is studying a rare type of insect. He finds that the time from birth until death (in years, denoted by T ) of a randomly selected member of this insect population has a Gamma distribution with parameters a = 2 and В B = 7. Find the average life of a random insect of this type. 0.286 Find the probability that one of this random insects survives longer than 15 years. -105 106e X X
An entomologist is studying a rare type of insect. He finds that the time from birth until death (in years, denoted by T ) of a randomly selected member of this insect population has a Gamma distribution with parameters a = 2 and В B = 7. Find the average life of a random insect of this type. 0.286 Find the probability that one of this random insects survives longer than 15 years. -105 106e X X
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![An entomologist is studying a rare type of insect. He finds
that the time from birth until death (in years, denoted by T
) of a randomly selected member of this insect population
has a Gamma distribution with parameters a = = 2 and
B = 7.
Find the average life of a random insect of this type.
0.286
Find the probability that one of this random insects survives
longer than 15 years.
-105
106e
X
X](/v2/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.bartleby.com%2Fqna-images%2Fquestion%2F3d7ec503-389e-4b40-b2fe-31c0ac723423%2F188f7ed1-ab06-439e-bde9-6003acc63f44%2Fm98bjc_processed.jpeg&w=3840&q=75)
Transcribed Image Text:An entomologist is studying a rare type of insect. He finds
that the time from birth until death (in years, denoted by T
) of a randomly selected member of this insect population
has a Gamma distribution with parameters a = = 2 and
B = 7.
Find the average life of a random insect of this type.
0.286
Find the probability that one of this random insects survives
longer than 15 years.
-105
106e
X
X
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