Traffic on highway 64 during rush hour travels at 70 miles/hour. The Missouri Department of Transportation puts in a sensor to detect when a car passes a specific point and determines that the average rate at which cars pass that point is 3 cars/sec during rush hour. What is the probability that a stretch of one mile of the highway contains exactly 250 cars during rush hour.

Traffic on highway 64 during rush hour travels at 70 miles/hour. The Missouri Department of Transportation puts in a sensor to detect when a car passes a specific point and determines that the average rate at which cars pass that point is 3 cars/sec during rush hour. What is the probability that a stretch of one mile of the highway contains exactly 250 cars during rush hour.

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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