SOLUTION: A company averages 2.4 walkins per hour. Using the Poisson distribution,what is the probability that on a randomly selected hour, the company will receive fewer than two calls?

Question 868585: A company averages 2.4 walkins per hour. Using the Poisson distribution,what is the probability that on a randomly selected hour, the company will receive fewer than two calls?
Answer by ewatrrr(24785) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!



Hi

average is 2.4

P(x < 2) = poissoncdf(2.4, 1) = .3084 

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