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If the random variable T has p.d.f. given by f_T(f) = ce^-ct for t >= 0, c > 0, calculate:

the complete expectation for life E[T],
var(T),
median(T),
and the mode of the distribution of T.

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Mean, Median, Mode, distribution, expectation, variance of the continuous exponential distribution.

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