The Tampa International Airport (TIA) has been criticized for the waiting times associated with departing flights. While the critics acknowledge that many flights have little or no waiting times,
Their complaints deal more specifically with the longer waits attributed to some flights. The critics
Are interested in showing, mathematically, exactly what the problems are. Which type of
Distribution would best model the waiting times of the departing flights at TIA?

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The exponential distribution is commonly used to model waiting times, as it assumes that the time between events (in this case, departures) is exponentially distributed.

The Tampa International Airport (TIA) Has Been Criticized for the Waiting