SOLUTION: a car towing service company averages two calls per hour.use the poisson distribution to determine the probability that in a randomly selected hour the number calls is six
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Question 1149751: a car towing service company averages two calls per hour.use the poisson distribution to determine the probability that in a randomly selected hour the number calls is six
Answer by Boreal(15235) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
this is e^(-2)*2^6/6! with poisson (L)=e^(-L)*l^x/x!
e^(-2)*2^6/6!=0.0120
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