SOLUTION: A hairdresser salon has 4 appointment slots per day, on average 2 people require an appointment per day. Assuming each appointment is independent what is the probability that 5 peo

SOLUTION: A hairdresser salon has 4 appointment slots per day, on average 2 people require an appointment per day. Assuming each appointment is independent what is the probability that 5 peo

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Question 900305: A hairdresser salon has 4 appointment slots per day, on average 2 people require an appointment per day. Assuming each appointment is independent what is the probability that 5 people will require an appointment on one day?
Answer by ewatrrr(24785) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Poisson Probability Distribution avg = 2
TI The syntax is poissonpdf(mean, x-value).
P(x = 5) = poissonpdf(2,5) = .0361 0r 3.61%
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