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The average number of customers arriving in a candy shop is 5 per hour. If we have to determine the probability of arriving 3 customers in next 1 hour, we ill use the Poisson distribution

A First Course in Probability (10th Edition)

10th Edition

ISBN:9780134753119

Author:Sheldon Ross

Publisher:Sheldon Ross

Chapter1: Combinatorial Analysis

Section: Chapter Questions

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2) The average number of patients arriving in emergency ward of a hospital is 5 per hour. If we have to determine the probability of arriving 3 patients in next 1 hour, we ill use the Poisson distribution

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