3. a) On a certain night soon after sunset in March, the probability that an observer sees a meteor(falling star) in any given second is 6/3600 (note that an hour is 3600 seconds; one mentions seconds here,since one second is a very short time under the circumstancesthis rate in very short time intervals). What is the probability that this observer will see exactly k meteorsin a given hour (k > 0)?b) What is the probability that the same observer will see 4 meteors in a given hour.so 6 is the hourly rate when one measures

Given: Probability of seeing a meteor is, P(A)=63600. Objective: To find the probability of…

3. a) On a certain night soon after sunset in March, the probability that an observer sees a meteor (falling star) in any given second is 6/3600 (note that an hour is 3600 seconds; one mentions seconds here, since one second is a very short time under the circumstances - so 6 is the hourly rate when one measures this rate in very short time intervals). What is the probability that this observer will see exactly k meteors in a given hour (k > 0)? b) What is the probability that the same observer will see 4 meteors in a given hour.

3. a) On a certain night soon after sunset in March, the probability that an observer sees a meteor (falling star) in any given second is 6/3600 (note that an hour is 3600 seconds; one mentions seconds here, since one second is a very short time under the circumstances - so 6 is the hourly rate when one measures this rate in very short time intervals). What is the probability that this observer will see exactly k meteors in a given hour (k > 0)? b) What is the probability that the same observer will see 4 meteors in a given hour.

A First Course in Probability (10th Edition)

10th Edition

ISBN:9780134753119

Author:Sheldon Ross

Publisher:Sheldon Ross

Chapter1: Combinatorial Analysis

Section: Chapter Questions

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