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16 Nov 2021

Given information

The time (in years) after reaching age  that it takes an individual to retire is approximately exponentially distributed with a mean of about five years. Suppose we randomly pick one retired individual. We are interested in the time after age  to retirement

Step-by-step explanation

Step 1.

As the information in the problem suggests, the time (in years) after reaching age that it takes an individual to retire is approximately exponentially distributed with a mean of about five years.

Therefore, the mean is

 

 

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