5.6-12. At certain times during the year, a bus company runs a special van holding 10 passengers from Iowa City to Chicago. After the opening of sales of the tickets, the time (in minutes) between sales of tickets for the trip has a gamma distribution with a = 3 and 0 = 2. - (a) Assuming independence, record an integral that gives the probability of being sold out within one hour. (b) Approximate the answer in part (a).

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5.6-12. At certain times during the year, a bus company
runs a special van holding 10 passengers from Iowa City
to Chicago. After the opening of sales of the tickets, the
time (in minutes) between sales of tickets for the trip has
a gamma distribution with a = 3 and 0 = 2.
-
(a) Assuming independence, record an integral that gives
the probability of being sold out within one hour.
(b) Approximate the answer in part (a).
Transcribed Image Text:5.6-12. At certain times during the year, a bus company runs a special van holding 10 passengers from Iowa City to Chicago. After the opening of sales of the tickets, the time (in minutes) between sales of tickets for the trip has a gamma distribution with a = 3 and 0 = 2. - (a) Assuming independence, record an integral that gives the probability of being sold out within one hour. (b) Approximate the answer in part (a).
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