Cars arrive at a toll booth according to a Poisson process with mean 90 cars per hour. Suppose the attendant makes a phone call. How long, in seconds, can the attendant's phone call last if the probability is at least 0.5 that no cars arrive during the call?

Cars arrive at a toll booth according to a Poisson process with mean 90 cars per hour. Suppose the attendant makes a phone call. How long, in seconds, can the attendant's phone call last if the probability is at least 0.5 that no cars arrive during the call?

A First Course in Probability (10th Edition)

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Suppose the attendant makes a phone call. How long, in seconds, can the attendant's phone call last if the probability is at least 0.5 that no cars arrive during the call? (Round your answer to the nearest integer.)

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