The USA–Australia match in the 2026 FIFA World Cup is schedu…
The USA–Australia match in the 2026 FIFA World Cup is scheduled for today at 3:00 PM Eastern Time. Since this assignment is being posted before kickoff and my crystal ball is currently out of service, let us assume that the match remains scoreless after the first 32 minutes of play. Historical FIFA World Cup data suggest that the time (in minutes) until the first goal in a match follows an exponential distribution with mean 32 minutes. Given that no goal has been scored during the first 32 minutes, what is the probability that the first goal will not occur until after the 64th minute of the match (that is, at least 32 additional minutes from now)?
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