SOLUTION: The number of messages received by a computer bulletin board is a Poisson random variable with a mean rate of 13 messages per hour. What is the probability that 6 messages are rece
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Question 1022667: The number of messages received by a computer bulletin board is a Poisson random variable with a mean rate of 13 messages per hour. What is the probability that 6 messages are received in a given hour?
Answer by robertb(5830) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The Poisson pmf is
==> , to five decimal places.
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