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a.

It is given that on days people participated in the given activities, men participated on an
average 1.8 hours in sports, exercise or recreation. Therefore, the average hour of
participation by men is as follows:

  1.8

It is required to know, probability that man participate in sports, exercise, or recreation

for less than or equal to 1 hour.

Type the formula =EXPONDIST(1,1/1.8,TRUE) in cell numbered A1 in Excel. This

would yield resultant output to P( x  1) . Note Excel considers   1 /  as its’ second
parameter. The screen shot is as follows:

Figure 6a-43SE P( x  1) .

Therefore, the answer is: 0.4262 .

b.

From information given, the average hour of participation by men is as follows:

  1.8

It is required to know, probability that man participate in sports, exercise, or recreation

for more than 2 hours.

Type the formula =1-EXPONDIST(2,1/1.8,TRUE) in cell numbered A1 in Excel. This

would yield resultant output to P( x  1) . Note Excel considers   1 /  as its’ second
parameter. The screen shot is as follows:

Figure 6b-43SE P ( x  2) .

Therefore, the answer is: 0.3292 .