SOLUTION: An oil terminal can handle 10 tankers on any day and on average receives 7 per day. What are the expected number of days in a 365 day year that there will be too many tankers arriv

Question 863342: An oil terminal can handle 10 tankers on any day and on average receives 7 per day. What are the expected number of days in a 365 day year that there will be too many tankers arriving for the terminal to deal with?
Answer by ewatrrr(24785) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!



Hi

Poisson:  average 7/day

P(x>10) = .0985

365*.0985 = 38.9075,   39 days 

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