Can someone solve this using Microsoft Excel and use Poisson probability distribution.  Airline passengers arrive randomly and independently at the passenger screening facility at a major international airport. The mean arrival rate is 10 passengers per minute. What is the probability of no arrivals in a 1-minute period? What is the probability of 3 or fewer arrivals in a 1-minute period? What is the probability of no arrivals in a 15-second period? What is the probability of at least 1 arrival in a 15-second period?

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Can someone solve this using Microsoft Excel and use Poisson probability distribution. 

Airline passengers arrive randomly and independently at the passenger screening facility at a major international airport. The mean arrival rate is 10 passengers per minute.

  1. What is the probability of no arrivals in a 1-minute period?

  2. What is the probability of 3 or fewer arrivals in a 1-minute period?

  3. What is the probability of no arrivals in a 15-second period?

  4. What is the probability of at least 1 arrival in a 15-second period?

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Obtain the probability of no arrivals in a 1-minute period.

The probability of no arrivals in a 1-minute period is obtained below as follows:

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The required probability is,

 

Use Excel to obtain the probability value for x equals 0.

 

Follow the instruction to obtain the P-value:

 

  1. Open EXCEL
  2. Go to Formula bar.
  3. In formula bar enter the function as“=POISSON”
  4. Enter the value of x as 0.
  5. Enter the mean as 10.
  6. Enter the cumulative as false.
  7. Click enter.

 

EXCEL output:

 

From the Excel output, the P-value is 0.0000

 

The probability of no arrivals in a 1-minute period is 0.0000

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