On a highway, we know that on average 310 cars arrive at a toll booth in one hour. If we assume that thenumber of cars arriving at this toll booth follows a Poissondistribution, calculate the probability that there are fewer than threearrivals in one minute.

On a highway, we know that on average 310 cars arrive at a toll booth in one hour. If we assume that thenumber of cars arriving at this toll booth follows a Poissondistribution, calculate the probability that there are fewer than threearrivals in one minute.

College Algebra

10th Edition

ISBN:9781337282291

Author:Ron Larson

Publisher:Ron Larson

Chapter8: Sequences, Series,and Probability

Section8.7: Probability

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On a highway, we know that on average 310 cars arrive at a toll booth in one hour. If we assume that the
number of cars arriving at this toll booth follows a Poisson
distribution, calculate the probability that there are fewer than three
arrivals in one minute.

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