Question 12 Use the information below to answer Question 12 and Question 13. People arrive at a checkout in a supermarket randomly, and at a constant mean rate of 0.5 per minute.  Assume the arrival times follow a Poisson distribution. Find the probability that exactly 3 people arrive at  the checkout during a 5-minute period. A. 0.5438 B. 0.4562 C. 0.2138 D. 0.7576 Question 13 Find the probability that at least 2 people will arrive at the checkout in a 2-minute interval. A. 0.1839 B. 0.2642 C. 0.7358 D. 0.0803

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Question 12
Use the information below to answer Question 12 and Question 13.
People arrive at a checkout in a supermarket randomly, and at a constant mean rate of 0.5 per minute. 
Assume the arrival times follow a Poisson distribution. Find the probability that exactly 3 people arrive at 
the checkout during a 5-minute period.
A. 0.5438
B. 0.4562
C. 0.2138
D. 0.7576


Question 13
Find the probability that at least 2 people will arrive at the checkout in a 2-minute interval.
A. 0.1839
B. 0.2642
C. 0.7358
D. 0.0803

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