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It turns out that the "Pocket Change" data set was taken from a random variable: X...

It turns out that the "Pocket Change" data set was taken from a random variable: X that was exponentially distributed with mean μ = 0.50 . In other words, the random variable X is the amount of change in pocket

(a) What is the PDF for X ∼ Exp ( 2 ) ?

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