I did not get the same solution as Katie did. I found that the CDF FD(d) is 1-e^(-d/2). Therefore when I take the derivative of (1-e^(-d/2)), it becomes (1/2)*e^(-d/2) which is the pdf. And, D is one of the common random variables because our pdf's are exponential with parameter lambda = 1/2.

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